Non-Invasive Detection of Right-to-Left Cardiac Shunts

N/ARecruitingNCT07420400

Scripps Health75 enrolled

Overview

This study will test the sensitivity of a novel, battery-powered, non-invasive ultrasound device to detect a right-to-left shunt

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Point-of-care ultrasound device to detect microbubbles in the intracranial circulation

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Undergoing clinically indicated TEE with bubble study for the detection of a PFO

Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

La Jolla, California, United States

RECRUITING

Primary diagnostic outcome

Sensitivity to detect right-to-left shunt compared with TEE as the gold standard

Time frame: Intraprocedural (during TEE)

Matthew J Price, MD

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