Evaluation of the Diagnostic Utility of Pre-Echocardiographic Digital Auscultation: an open-label randomized controlled trial

Evaluation of the Diagnostic Utility of Pre-Echocardiographic Digital Auscultation: an open-label randomized controlled trial - Evaluation of the Diagnostic Utility of Pre-Echocardiographic Digital Auscultation

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000060490

Enrollment

240

Registered

2026-01-27

Start date

2025-07-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

valvular heart disease

Interventions

the pre-echocardiography stethoscope the post-echocardiography stethoscope

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: patients who underwent echocardiography at Ultrasound Center in Kagawa University Hospital after being determined by a cardiologist or cardiovascular surgeon to require the test for suspecting cardiovascular disease.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients deemed unsuitable by the researcher

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome was concordance between auscultation and echocardiographic findings, focusing on diagnostic discrepancies.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public Contacttakahisa noma

Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa university Dept. of cardiorenal cerebrovascular medicine

noma.takahisa.ps@kagawa-u.ac.jp087-898-5111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026