Role of Echocardiography in Pulmonary Embolism

NCT ID: NCT04020250

Last Updated: 2019-07-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-08-31

Study Completion Date

2020-09-30

Brief Summary

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1. To analyze the diagnostic and prognostic value of echocardiographic parameters.
2. Prediction of APE-related 30-day mortality and adverse out comes.
3. The need for rescue thrombolysis in initially normotensive Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) patients.

Detailed Description

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Acute pulmonary embolism (APE) is the most serious clinical presentation of venous thromboembolism (VTE). According to registries and hospital discharge databases of unselected patients with Acute pulmonary embolism and venous thromboembolism , 30-day all-cause mortality rates are between 9% and 10%.

According to the recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of Acute pulmonary embolism patients, clinical classification of the severity of an episode of Acute pulmonary embolism is based on the estimated 30-day Acute pulmonary embolism - related mortality risk. Patients with cardiogenic shock caused by Acute pulmonary embolism comprise a high-risk group for early death, which is estimated at more than 15%.

Fortunately most Acute pulmonary embolism patients are hemodynamically stable at admission but the early mortality risk is different in this population. Risk stratification of non-high-risk Acute pulmonary embolism patients is based on clinical presentation, cardiac laboratory biomarkers, and signs of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction on echocardiography or computed tomography. Low-risk patients require a short hospital stay and can be early discharged home or even treated as outpatients.

Intermediate-risk subjects comprise a very heterogeneous group in which the early mortality ranges between 2% and 15%. More of these patients stabilize hemodynamically during anticoagulation, but in some of them clinical deterioration occurs and therefore they may require rescue thrombolysis or surgical or percutaneous embolectomy.

Echocardiography is a useful diagnostic tool to detected right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. It was reported that tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) can be used for risk stratification of normotensive APE patients. The tricuspid regurgitation peak gradient (TRPG) is an echocardiographic sign of RV overload and it can also be used for risk stratification in Acute pulmonary embolism .

Conditions

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Pulmonary Embolism

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Echocardiography

Echocardiographic parameters:

Tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) Tricuspid regurgitation peak gradient (TRPG)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Age \>18 and \<70 years.
2. Patients with intermediate- risk pulmonary embolism will be

1. -hemodynamically stable at admission with systolic blood pressure

* 90 mmHg and without signs of peripheral hypoperfusion.
2. \- elevated cardiac biomarkers levels (particularly, a positive cardiac troponin test

Exclusion Criteria

* 1- Age \<18 years.

2- Patients diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic hypertension.

3- Patients with valvular heart diseases.

4- Patients with lung cancer.

5- Acute massive pulmonary embolism.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Rofaida Raafat Talaat Ibrahim

Principle Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

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Rofaida Raafat, MBBch

Role: CONTACT

01099646399

Maha Elkholy, Professor

Role: CONTACT

01096956205

References

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Bernard S, Namasivayam M, Dudzinski DM. Reflections on Echocardiography in Pulmonary Embolism-Literally and Figuratively. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019 Jul;32(7):807-810. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2019.05.007. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31272591 (View on PubMed)

Kanar BG, Sahin A, Gol G, Ogur E, Kavas M, Atas H, Mutlu B. Timing and magnitude of regional right ventricular function and their relationship with early hospital mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Anatol J Cardiol. 2019 Jun;22(1):26-32. doi: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2019.38906.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31264657 (View on PubMed)

Kanar BG, Gol G, Ogur E, Kavas M, Atas H, Mutlu B. Assessment of right ventricular function and relation to mortality after acute pulmonary embolism: A speckle tracking echocardiography-based study. Echocardiography. 2019 Jul;36(7):1298-1305. doi: 10.1111/echo.14398. Epub 2019 Jun 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31184782 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Echo in Pulmonary Embolism

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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