Comparison of Coronary CT With IVUS in Heart Transplant Population

Mayo Clinic

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Heart Transplantation

Treatments: Device: Computed tomography (CT)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00589524

06-007193

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare results of Intravascular Ultrasound (which occurs during cardiac catheterization) with Computed Tomography (CT) scan to detect blockages or narrowing of the arteries that feed the heart. These will be studied in the cardiac transplant population.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Heart transplant patients coming to the Cardiac Cath Lab for their yearly angiogram which includes intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with a history of allergic reactions to contrast material Creatine >1.5 Clinical or hemodynamic instability Those who are unable to consent for enrollment into the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)