Non-Invasive Determination of Cardiac Output by Inertgas Rebreathing Method
Completed
- Conditions
- Cardiac Diseases
- Registration Number
- NCT00479804
- Lead Sponsor
- Universitätsmedizin Mannheim
- Brief Summary
The cardiac output (CO) is an important parameter in the diagnosis and therapy of cardiac diseases. The current standard methods for the determination of the CO, however, are either invasive (e.g. right heart catheterization) or technically expendable and expensive (magnetic resonance tomography, MRT). The traditional non-invasive methods of determining the CO by rebreathing of carbon dioxide are easily carried out but suffer from methodical inaccuracies. Therefore the aim of the study at hand was to evaluate a new method for determining the CO by means of the inert gas rebreathing method.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 311
Inclusion Criteria
- Indication for CMR
- Ability of following instructions for rebreathing test
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
1st Department of Medicine, University Hospital Mannheim
🇩🇪Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany