Prospective Analysis and Comparison of Stress Echo to Real-Time Myocardial Contrast Stress Echo (NCT00575549) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Prospective Analysis and Comparison of Stress Echo to Real-Time Myocardial Contrast Stress Echo
United States
Plain-language summary
The purpose of this study is to prospectively analyze and compare conventional stress echocardiograms and real-time myocardial contrast stress echocardiograms; and to determine the effect of contrast agents used during real-time myocardial contrast stress echocardiograms on serum troponin I levels.
Who can participate
Age range19 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Male or female
* Age \> 19 years
* Scheduled for a stress echocardiography
* Are conscious and coherent, and able to communicate effectively with trial personnel
* For troponin evaluation, only hospitalized patients who had a troponin level drawn in the morning of and prior to stress echocardiogram will be included.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Pregnant and breast feeding women are excluded from participation because of the possibility of a bias as CSE is routinely used in pregnant patients secondary to lack of human studies to determine the fetal risk of use of Definity.
* Age \< 19 years old
* Known or suspected hypersensitivity to ultrasound contrast agents or other drugs used for the study
* Possibility that potential subject may be pregnant
* Studies where RT-MCE was specifically requested by the ordering physician