Health Condition 1: null- Patients with symptoms and/or signs of coronary artery disease who are to undergo a coronary angiogram
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Strain echocardiography: Strain echocardiography as an additional tool to predict the presence of obstructive coronary artery disease in coronary angiogram
Control Intervention1: Strain
Sponsors
Department of Cardiology Government Medical College Thiruvananthapuram
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with effort related symptoms like angina, fatigue or dyspoena 2. Paients with recent NSTEMI or unstable angina who are for invasive coronary angiography and do not have any wall motion abnormality on routine 2D echocardiography
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with definite wall motion abnormality in 2D echocardiogram 2. Patients with concomitant valvular heart disease other than Mitral valve prolapse with mild mitral regurgitation 3. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 4. Patients who have undergone coronary angiogram within the last three years 5. Patients who have been demonstrated to have an obstructive coronary artery disease by any other modality like SPECT, PET, CT angiogram or MR angiogram 6. Patients who do not give consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of strain echocardiography in predicting obstructive lesions in coronary angiography.Timepoint: This is validation of a diagnostic test. Time point is as soon as both tests are done, usually within 24 hours. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NilTimepoint: Nil | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactKiran Gopinath
Depatment of Cardiology, Go vernment Medical College,Thiruvananthapuram.
Outcome results
None listed