Pre-operative Focused Transthoracic Echocardiography for Prediction of Post-operative Cardiac Complications

South Egypt Cancer Institute100 enrolled

Overview

The extent focused transthoracic echocardiography when done pre-operatively to patients admitted for elective surgery and suspected to be at risk of cardiac disease specially the geriatric population can affect perioperative anesthetic management of these patients.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Diastolic Dysfunction

Interventions

TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPYDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

TTE (Vivid I echocardiography machine General Electric Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, USA) with a 3S-RS (1.5-3.6 MHz) transthoracic probe). was done by professional anesthesiologist following the :Hemodynamic Echocardiography Assessment in Real Time ( HEART) protocol. According to the clinical findings of TTE patients may be either free or have one or more of the following haemodynamic states normal, empty, vasodilated ,left ventricular systolic or diastolic failure, left ventricular systolic and diastolic failure, and right ventricular failure, valve stenosis or regurgitation of at least moderate severity

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients above 60 years of age ASAI and ASA II were included Exclusion Criteria: * history of cardiac disease, history of previous postoperative cardiac complications and symptoms or signs of cardiac diseases.

Locations (1)

South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Arab Republic of Egypt

Asyut, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Lt. Ventricular EDV

Transthoracic echocardiography (TEE) LVEDV

Time frame: Change from Baseline pre operative LVEDV to first day postoperative

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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