Consistency of Electrical Cardiometry and Pulmonary Artery Catheter
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Currently, the gold standard method to estimate CO in patients with PAH or RV dysfunction is pulmonary artery catheter (PAC), however, the invasiveness and complexity of PAC has limited its usefulness in many clinical scenarios. By measuring the thoracic electrical bioimpedance, electrical cardiometry (EC) technique has been reported to noninvasively estimate cardiac output (CO) and other parameters related to cardiac contractility and fluid status in various cardiovascular disorders. However, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and/or right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, few study has been reported. The aim of this study is to evaluate the agreement between CO measured by PAC as the referenced method and CO measured by EC technique in patients with PAH and/or RV dysfunction.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: patients with pulmonary artery hypertension and/or right ventricular dysfunction
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Behavioral: passive leg raising
transfer a patient from semi-recumbent position to supine position with a 45° leg lifting
Drug: dobutamine test
infusion dobutamine
Drug: inhaled nitric oxide
nitric oxide inhalation
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- cardiac output by pulmonary artery catheter [5minutes after the patients was sedated]
measuring cardiac output using pulmonary artery catheter
- cardiac output by electrical cardiometry [5minutes after the patients was sedated]
measuring cardiac output using electrical cardiometry
- cardiac output by pulmonary artery catheter [2 minutes after passive leg raising]
measuring cardiac output using pulmonary artery catheter
- cardiac output by electrical cardiometry [2 minutes after passive leg raising]
measuring cardiac output using electrical cardiometry
- cardiac output by pulmonary artery catheter [15 minutes after termination of passive leg raising]
measuring cardiac output using pulmonary artery catheter
- cardiac output by electrical cardiometry [15 minutes after termination of passive leg raising]
measuring cardiac output using electrical cardiometry
- cardiac output by pulmonary artery catheter [30 minutes after dobutamine infusion]
measuring cardiac output using pulmonary artery catheter
- cardiac output by electrical cardiometry [30 minutes after dobutamine infusion]
measuring cardiac output using electrical cardiometry
- cardiac output by pulmonary artery catheter [30 minutes after termination of dobutamine infusion]
measuring cardiac output using pulmonary artery catheter
- cardiac output by electrical cardiometry [30 minutes after termination of dobutamine infusion]
measuring cardiac output using electrical cardiometry
- cardiac output by pulmonary artery catheter [30 minutes after nitric oxide inhalation]
measuring cardiac output using pulmonary artery catheter
- cardiac output by electrical cardiometry [30 minutes after nitric oxide inhalation]
measuring cardiac output using electrical cardiometry
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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adult cardiac surgery patients
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pulmonary artery hypertension and/or right heart dysfunction
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mechanical ventilation
Exclusion Criteria:
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life threatening arrhythmia
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severe valve regurgitation
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left ventricular ejection fraction less than 30%
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patients with mechanical circulatory support
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Zhongshan hospital Fudan University | Shanghai | Shanghai | China | 200032 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Guang-wei Hao, PhD, Fudan University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- COMEEC