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Comparison of two methods of doing heart scan through food pipe to that done through chest wall to assess the function of right side of the heart in adult and paediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgeries.

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: I089- Rheumatic multiple valve disease,unspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2018/11/016418
Lead Sponsor
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for medical sciences and Technology Trivandrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
84
Inclusion Criteria

Patients posted electively for CABG, valvular or congenital heart surgery in SCTIMST

Optimal images for TTE and TEE

Exclusion Criteria

Contraindication to TEE probe placement like oesophageal strictures, oesophageal varices, oesophageal tumours, gastric ulcer, previous esophagectomy, esophageal diverticulum, tracheoesophageal fistula, previous bariatric surgery, hiatus hernia, large descending thoracic aortic aneurysm, unilateral vocal cord paralysis, esophageal varices, post radiation therapy

Emergency and re-do surgeries

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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