Longitudinal Strain in Addition to Visual Assessment of Wall Motion for Ruling in Ischemia in the Emergency Room

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chest Pain

Treatments: Device: Echocardiogram

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01111643

0023-08-HYMC-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the utility of technician-based analysis of echocardiograms with longitudinal strain for ruling-in ischemic chest pain in the emergency room, compared to emergency room (ER) physician opinion and expert echocardiographer analysis of wall motion, both the latter blinded to any relevant clinical data .

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chest pain
• No indication of acute myocardial infarction

Exclusion criteria

• Patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction
• Patients with known coronary artery disease

Trial design

500 participants in 1 patient group

I

Treatment:

Device: Echocardiogram