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Comparison of preoperative transthoracic echocardiography by anesthesia versus cardiology regarding resulting consequences for perioperative planning and risk stratification in non-cardiac surgery patients

Conditions
Heart valve disease, heart failure, pericardial effusion
Registration Number
DRKS00034602
Lead Sponsor
Klinik für Anästehsiologie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

• Patients who are regularly informed about anesthesia preoperatively
• Non-cardiac surgery patients for elective surgery or
Intervention with anesthesia
• Consent to participate in this study after providing detailed information
by an investigator
• At least one of the following criteria/symptoms is present:
– Newly occurring dyspnea of ??unclear origin with reduced exercise capacity (< 4 metabolic equivalents or < 100 W) before planned surgery with medium or high risk of cardiovascular complications
– As yet unexplained worsening of symptoms of known heart failure in the last 12 months
– Previously unexplained or unknown heart murmurs before planned surgery with a medium or high risk of cardiovascular complications (even with normal exercise capacity)
– Patients with the above-mentioned symptoms/criteria without deterioration in the last 12 months but present TTE (maximum 12 months old)

Exclusion Criteria

• Lack of consent to participate in the study
• Pregnancy
• Cardiac surgery
• GUCH patients
• Urgent or emergency surgery

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Difference of the preoperatively determined procedure based on the findings of the anesthesia TTE versus cardiology TTE
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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