Heart Ultrasound by Emergency Medicine Residents as an Estimate of Heart Function (BES2T)

The Guthrie Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases; Stroke Volume

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05506059

2206-26

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to better understand the use of heart ultrasounds to estimate heart function.

Full description

This research involves ultrasounds of the heart by two different emergency medicine doctors who are residents in training. Results from the two doctors will be compared to see how similar they are. This research will help us understand if heart ultrasounds can be used to see how well the heart pumps blood and if similar results are obtained from different doctors.

The doctors will use ultrasound of the heart to measure E-Point Septal Separation (EPSS). EPSS is the distance between two parts of the heart, the mitral valve and the ventricular septum. EPSS is measured in millimeters (mm). EPSS can estimate left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) as a measure of how well the heart pumps blood.

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy volunteers, or patients who come to the emergency department who may have a heart echocardiogram scheduled as part of their routine clinical care
• Age 18 or over
• Willing and able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Pediatrics (age <18 years old).
• No cardiac-altering intervention performed between examiners.
• Unable to obtain a parasternal long view with mitral valve anterior leaflet, interventricular septum and aortic root.
• Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) more than the next day after EPSS is performed (for secondary outcome).
• Female with known pregnancy.
• Prisoner
• Prior cardiac surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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17 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy Volunteer

Other group

Description:

Healthy volunteers over the age of 18 who consent to two ultrasounds.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound

ED patient with planned heart echocardiogram

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in emergency department (ED) who have a heart echocardiogram scheduled as part of their routine clinical care

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound