Validation of Electrical Cardiometry Versus Fick Method in Cardiac Output Measurement

Massachusetts General Hospital30 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Heart Failure

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

difference in CO measurements with two methods

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

Time frame: two weeks after finishing the exercise test

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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