Clinical Influence of Pocket-size Ultrasound Examinations of the Carotid Arteries and Heart in Patients Admitted With Stroke
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 80
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Proportion of patients without need for further diagnostic imaging
研究概览
简要总结
Among patients admitted with cerebral ischemia (stroke and transitory ischemic attack (TIA)) it is important to reveal the underlying cause of the disease. In special it is important to reveal if carotid artery stenosis is present as such a finding will directly influence on treatment and follow-up.
For the diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis due to atherosclerosis ultrasound examinations is the cornerstone, but computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging may be better in some cases. Development of high quality pocket-sized ultrasound scanners has allowed for semi quantitatively bed-side assessment of the carotid arteries and the heart.
The investigators aim to study the feasibility and reliability of bed-side assessment of the carotid arteries and the heart by pocket-sized ultrasound scanners and the clinical influence of this examination when performed by experienced users.
The investigators hypothesize that a significant proportion of this patient population can be clarified bed-side with no need of further imaging procedures for the assessment of the carotid arteries and the heart.
详细描述
Population: Approximately 100 patients admitted to the Department of Medicine, Levanger Hospital with history and findings suspicious of stroke/transitory ischemic attack (TIA). Informed consent mandatory.
No exclusion criteria.
Hypotheses:
The carotid arteries and the heart can be assessed bed-side by pocket-size ultrasound scanners with high feasibility and reliability.
Bed-side assessment of the carotid arteries and the heart by pocket-size ultrasound scanners may reduce the need for more advanced (higher cost) imaging procedures.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Diagnostic
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Admitted to the Department of Medicine with history and findings suspicious of (transient) cerebrovascular ischemia and willing and able to give their informed written consent
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Proportion of patients without need for further diagnostic imaging
时间窗: The participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of approximately 4 days
Proportion of patients which is not in need of further imaging procedures of the carotid arteries and the heart after bed-side diagnostic ultrasound by pocket-sized scanner
次要结局
- Reliability of bed-side ultrasound examinations of the carotid arteries and the heart by pocket-sized scanners(The participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of approximately 4 days)
- Feasibility of bed-side ultrasound examinations of the carotid arteries and the heart by pocket-sized scanners(The participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of approximately 4 days)