Ultrasound and Left Ventricular Systolic Function (EFESE)

Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Dysfunction, Left Ventricular

Treatments: Device: Ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT02381756

2014-A01641-46

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate, in an intensive care unit, the reproducibility between two non-cardiologists operators and a cardiologist expert in echocardiogram, of the Simpson method and of the calculation of GLS for the evaluation of the systolic function of the left ventricle in critically ill patients intubated and ventilated.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ICU patients intubated and ventilated

Exclusion criteria

• Arrhythmia or variability of heart rate
• Technical impossibility to perform the ultrasound exam
• Known pregnancy or lactation
• Non-affiliation to a social security scheme (beneficiary or assignee)
• Patient under legal protection
• Patient refusal to participate