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Strain echocardiography to predict coronary artery disease

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Patients with symptoms and/or signs of coronary artery disease who are to undergo a coronary angiogram
Registration Number
CTRI/2014/10/005103
Lead Sponsor
Department of Cardiology Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Open to Recruitment
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with effort related symptoms like angina, fatigue or dyspoena

2. Paients with recent NSTEMI or unstable angina

who are for invasive coronary angiography and do not have any wall motion abnormality on routine 2D echocardiography

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with definite wall motion abnormality in 2D echocardiogram

2. Patients with concomitant valvular heart disease other than Mitral valve prolapse with mild mitral regurgitation

3. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

4. Patients who have undergone coronary angiogram within the last three years

5. Patients who have been demonstrated to have an obstructive coronary artery disease by any other modality like SPECT, PET, CT angiogram or MR angiogram

6. Patients who do not give consent

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of strain echocardiography in predicting obstructive lesions in coronary angiography.Timepoint: This is validation of a diagnostic test. Time point is as soon as both tests are done, usually within 24 hours.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ilTimepoint: Nil
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