Ultrapower; a Minimally Invasive Tool for Evaluation of Total Cardiac Power

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiac Diseases

• Registration Number: NCT02727634
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

The heart is essentially a hydraulic pump which ensures adequate delivery of blood through generating pressure and forward flow of blood. The energy delivered by the heart is uncommonly measured clinically, and todays gold standard involves placing a plastic catheter into the lung arteries. The investigators have developed an ultrasound based approach to calculate this energy without the need for catheters through the heart. This novel approach is called ultrapower. Ultrapower involves the instantaneous multiplication of the cardiac output and the arterial blood pressure. The study aims to use the ultrasound based approach to investigate Cardiac Power in the coronary artery bypass graft population.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-03-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-03-29
• Study First Posted: 2016-04-04
• Study Start: 2016-06
• Primary Completion: 2016-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12
• Status Verified: 2019-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

• coronary artery bypass graft operation

Exclusion Criteria

• Lack of informed consent
• Previous aortic valve replacement
• Inadequate Doppler signal on transthoracic echocardiography

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The hearts energy delivery per second measured in watts (Cardiac Power), using two established methods and the ultrapower method	1 day after operation

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of cardiothoracic surgery; 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway