3D Assessment of RV Function in Patients Undergoing LVAD Implantation
Recruiting now NCT05376254
Run by University of Alberta · for 16 and older · All sexes · accepts healthy volunteers
What this study is about
This goal of this study is to analyze images of the right ventricle taken via 3D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation.
Who can join (things the study team will check)
✅ You may be able to join if…
- Patients will be eligible to be included in the study if they receive either a left-sided:
- HeartMate III (Thoratec, Pleasanton, CA)
- HeartWare HVAD (HeartWare, Oakville CA)
- Levitronix CentriMag (Levitronix LLC, Waltham, MA) LVAD.
🚫 You may not be able to join if…
- Patients will be excluded if::
- hemodynamic data needed to calculate PAPi or comprehensive echocardiographic images are missing
- additional procedures affecting cardiac geometry and/or hemodynamic measurements, such as tricuspid, mitral, and/or aortic valve repair/replacement, were performed at the time of LVAD implantation
- sternal closure at the end of the procedure is not possible
- RV mechanical support was introduced concurrently with LVAD implantation
- inadequate image quality required to obtain a 3D protocol
- known contraindication to TEE
- unexpected inability to advance probe into the mid-esophagus
Where this trial is running
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Who to contact
Surita Sidhu, MD · 780-407-8861 · surita@ualberta.ca
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