Diagnosis of patent foramen ovale in saline contrast transthoracic echocardiography using the party balloon inflation maneuver: A multi-center registry

Impact of party ballooN inFlation maneuver during in saLine contrAst Transthoracic Echocardiography for detect Patent Foramen Ovale - INFLATE-PFO study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000051954

Enrollment

100

Registered

2023-08-21

Start date

2023-06-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Patent Foramen Ovale

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Cases undergoing conventional valsalva maneuver stress and party balloon inflation maneuver during saline contrast transthoracic echocardiography to detect patent foramen ovale were consecutively enrolled from June 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Cases with insufficiently recorded information necessary for analysis and those deemed inappropriate by the responsible physician for the study are excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Comparison of microbubble grading in saline contrast transthoracic echocardiography between conventional valsalva maneuver and party balloon inflation maneuver	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactAkihisa Kataoka

Teikyo University Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology

kataoaki@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp03-3964-1211

Outcome results