Cerebral Microembolism in Cardiology (ZEMEK)

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebral Embolism

Treatments: Device: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound measurement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03802760

2018-01066

Details and patient eligibility

About

During different interventional cardiology procedures we aim to identify cerebral microemboli load. Further we aim to differentiate the quality and the quantity of cerebral microemboli.We will measure cerebral microemboli in different interventional phases, e.g. during valve deployment, rapid pacing, post-implantation.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 18 years
• Interventional cardiology procedure (TAVI, MitraClip, TricuspidalClip)

Exclusion criteria

• Allergy to ultrasound gel or materials contained in the TCD probe
• Missing temporal bone window

Trial design

50 participants in 3 patient groups

TAVI patients

Description:

Patients undergoing transfemoral TAVI

Treatment:

Device: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound measurement

MitraClip patients

Description:

Patients undergoing MitraClip implantation

Treatment:

Device: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound measurement

TricuspidalClip

Description:

Patients undergoing TricuspidalClip implantation

Treatment:

Device: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound measurement