Ultrasound-check breathing tube during heart procedures
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This feasibility study tests a special breathing tube that can be checked with ultrasound during a planned heart catheter procedure under general anesthesia. It may help doctors confirm the tube is in the right place more easily and safely, before and after the procedure.
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Who can take part
- You are scheduled for a heart catheterization that will use general anesthesia with a breathing tube (endotracheal intubation).
- They plan to put in a regular-size breathing tube during the procedure (not a patient who is already intubated).
- You should be expected to come off the breathing tube after the heart procedure (planned extubation).
- You do not have known airway problems like tracheal narrowing (stenosis) or tracheobronchomalacia, and you do not have a tracheostomy.
- You are not allergic to the tube’s plastic/materials, and you are not using a ventilator all the time.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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