Clinical trial NCT03954002: Quantification of Right Ventricular Function Using Simultaneous Transthoracic and Transoesophageal Echocardiography
Official title: Quantification of Right Ventricular Function Using Simultaneous Transthoracic and Transoesophageal Echocardiography
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cardiac Surgery
Keywords: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
Transoesophageal Echocardiography (TOE)
Lead sponsor: National University Hospital, Singapore
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-05-17
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 21
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: DIAGNOSTIC

Brief summary: The aims of this study are to evaluate the usefulness of various methods of quantifying right ventricular (RV) function using perioperative transoesophageal echocardiographic (TOE), compared with simultaneous transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) findings.

Detailed description: The hypothesis of this study that perioperative TOE is useful in quantifying RV function, and that the quantification methods used will correlate well to commonly used, well-studied TTE parameters obtained simultaneously, under the same loading conditions.

Assessment of RV function is of particular importance in the perioperative period. RV dysfunction can be due to a myriad of causes - myocardial ischemia, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease, or cardiomyopathy. The presence of RV failure can lead to difficulty in separation from cardiopulmonary bypass in cardiac surgical patients, and has been shown to be an independent predictor of mortality in high-risk cardiac surgery patients. Additionally, correct identification of RV dysfunction is crucial in order for the correct treatment to be administered. RV failure can lead to underfilling of the left ventricle, and mimic hypovolaemia with hypotension and an exaggerated stroke volume variation. In such a case, failure to diagnose RV dysfunction can wrongly lead to fluid loading and further worsening of right ventricular failure.

While evaluation of right heart function is well described in TTE studies, there is insufficient data at present to recommend a reliable method to quantify RV function using TTE.

In addition to traditional measurements of RV function, we hope to study the usefulness of speckle tracking and strain imaging in assessment of RV function, modalities of echocardiographic image analysis which have garnered increasing interest in recent years.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age \> 21 years
* Undergoing elective cardiac surgery
* Planned for intraoperative TOE

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient refusal
* Emergency surgery
* Haemodynamic instability
* Previous tricuspid valve surgery
* Severe tricuspid regurgitation
* Rhythm other than sinus
* Previous oesophageal / gastric surgery
* Oesophageal stricture / tumour
* Oesophageal diverticulum / fistula
* Active upper GI haemorrhage
* Oesophageal varices

Primary outcomes:
measure: Data collection of views obtained from TTE
timeFrame: Intra-operatively during general anaesthesia
measure: Data collection of views obtained from TOE
timeFrame: Intra-operatively during general anaesthesia
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Singapore
country: Singapore
facility: National University Health System
Study officials:
affiliation: National University Health System
name: Chang Chuan Melvin Lee, MBBS, MMed
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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