Echocardiography, neonate, ECMO, heart function, tissue doppler, deformation imaging
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Every neonate undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Gestational age < 34 completed weeks - Birth weight < 2000 grams - Severe structural heart defect - Pulmonary anomaly of which prognosis is known to be poor and considered irreversible - Genetic or other major congenital or acquired abnormalities that are expected to be lethal on short notice - Peri-/Intraventricular hemorrhage, ≥ grade II - Severe pre-existent coagulopathy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main study parameters are the generally used clinical and study related echocardiographic parameters of heart function arranged by left ventricle and right ventricle during systole and diastole using conventional, tissue Doppler, and deformation echocardiographic technologies. These parameters will be measured prior to, during, and after ECMO therapy. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Conventional parameters of heart function | — |
Contacts
Radboudumc, Department of Neonatology (Internal postal code 804)