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Comparison of Digital Electronic Stethoscope to Computed Tomography (CT) Angiography in Detection of Coronary Artery Disease

Validation of the Cardiosond Sonospectrographic Digital Electronic Stethoscope in Diagnosing Coronary Artery Disease Versus CT Angiography

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01040923
Enrollment
200
Registered
2009-12-30
Start date
2010-01-31
Completion date
2011-01-31
Last updated
2018-04-18

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Conditions

Coronary Artery Disease

Keywords

CAD, Diagnostic

Brief summary

The study is designed to evaluate the predictive diagnostic accuracy of SonoMedica's CardioSond digital electronic stethoscope in the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients without known disease who are referred to cardiac computed tomography angiography (CT scans).

Detailed description

The CardioSond is a completely noninvasive medical device which detects heart sounds and murmurs using ultrasensitive acoustic technology. The CardioSond produces a flow micro bruit score which is used to determine the likelihood of coronary artery disease. The CardioSond exam will be given to patients who agree to participate in the study upon signing of an informed consent form and prior to the administration of beta blocker agents and / or vasodilators as part of the normal cardiac CT angiography protocol. CardioSond data will be sent to an independent acoustic core lab which will determine data quality and produce a flow micro bruit score. CT angiography data will be analyzed by staff at North Shore University Hospital. A data review panel lead my the principal investigator will examine the results of both the CardioSond and CT angiography data to determine the accuracy of the CardioSond in detecting CAD in the study population at large and in specific patient subgroups.

Interventions

DEVICECardioSond Cardiac Sonospectrographic Analyzer

The CardioSond is a completely noninvasive, FDA 510(k) cleared digital electronic stethoscope designed to detect heart sounds and murmurs using ultrasensitive acoustic technology.

Sponsors

North Shore University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Northwell Health
CollaboratorOTHER
SonoMedica, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Subjects who are undergoing routine screening coronary CT angiography * Willingness to sign informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

* Inability to provide informed consent form * Age less than 21 years * Any contraindications to coronary CT angiography * Known atherosclerotic heart disease, including a history of prior myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass graft surgery or an established diagnosis of CAD by prior X-ray or CT angiography * Supraventricular or ventricular arrhythmias that would be expected to affect CT-angiography image quality (e.g., atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia, bigeminy, and trigeminy). Patients with isolated premature atrial contractions and premature ventricular contractions may enroll. * Use of intravenous vasodilators * Any pulmonary conditions that would create abnormal physical findings that would interfere with the fidelity of the cardiac sound recording (e.g., obstructive pulmonary disease, such as asthma or COPD, with audible wheezing). * Presence of audible aortic or pulmonic diastolic murmurs, tricuspid or mitral flow diastolic murmurs, or continuous murmurs

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Comparison of the CardioSond digital electronic stethoscope's flow micro bruit score as an indication of the probability of coronary artery disease in patients without know disease versus the results of cardiac CT angiography.Post collection of CardioSond and CT angiography data

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Comparison of CardioSond's flow micro bruit score as an indication of the probability of coronary artery disease against the results of cardiac CT angiography in patient subgroups including age, sex, body mass index, location and severity of disease.Upon collection of CardioSond and CT angiography data

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026