Validation of Electrical Cardiometry Versus Fick Method in Cardiac Output Measurement

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Failure

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01568619

AESCULON

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators would like to find out if AESCULON®, a new device that non-invasively and continuously measures cardiac output using electrical cardiometry, works as well as one existing method--Fick method in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age >= 18 yd;
• Level 3 cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Exclusion criteria

• Proven or suspected disease involving severe aortic regurgitation;
• Implanted with a rate-responsive cardiac pacemaker;
• Pneumothorax or pleural effusion;
• Skin lesion(s) at the place where the electrode is supposed to be applied;
• Allergic to adhesive of ECG electrodes.