Longitudinal Strain in Addition to Visual Assessment of Wall Motion for Ruling in Ischemia in the Emergency Room

• Conditions: Chest Pain
• Interventions: Device: Echocardiogram

• Registration Number: NCT01111643
• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Brief Summary

To assess the utility of technician-based analysis of echocardiograms with longitudinal strain for ruling-in ischemic chest pain in the emergency room, compared to emergency room (ER) physician opinion and expert echocardiographer analysis of wall motion, both the latter blinded to any relevant clinical data .

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-04
• Status Verified: 2010-04
• Study First Submitted: 2010-04-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-04-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-04-26
• Study First Posted: 2010-04-27
• Last Update Posted: 2010-04-27
• Primary Completion: 2011-05
• Study Completion: 2011-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

• Chest pain
• No indication of acute myocardial infarction

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction
• Patients with known coronary artery disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
I	Echocardiogram	-

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Emergency Department Hille Yaffe Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Hadera, Israel