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Clinical Trials/NCT01568619
NCT01568619
Completed
Not Applicable

Validation of Electrical Cardiometry Versus Fick Method to Measure Stroke Volume and Cardiac Output in Patients With or Suspected of Having Heart Failure

Massachusetts General Hospital1 site in 1 country30 target enrollmentMarch 2012
ConditionsHeart Failure

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Heart Failure
Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Enrollment
30
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
difference in CO measurements with two methods
Status
Completed
Last Updated
9 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The investigators would like to find out if AESCULON®, a new device that non-invasively and continuously measures cardiac output using electrical cardiometry, works as well as one existing method--Fick method in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
March 2012
End Date
October 2015
Last Updated
9 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Yandong Jiang

Assistant Professor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age \>= 18 yd;
  • Level 3 cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Proven or suspected disease involving severe aortic regurgitation;
  • Implanted with a rate-responsive cardiac pacemaker;
  • Pneumothorax or pleural effusion;
  • Skin lesion(s) at the place where the electrode is supposed to be applied;
  • Allergic to adhesive of ECG electrodes.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

difference in CO measurements with two methods

Time Frame: two weeks after finishing the exercise test

the true difference between the two CO measurements is 10% of the mean CO

Study Sites (1)

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