NCT01202045

Stress Echocardiography in the Detection of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis Patients

Stress Echocardiography in the Detection of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis Patients With Indirect Signs of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Paul Farand · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the value in terms of sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratio of the stress echocardiography in the screening of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis and indirect signs of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Detailed description

Pulmonary artery catheterization (rest and exertion) and treadmill stress echocardiography will be done to all patients of the study.

Conditions

• Scleroderma, Systemic
• Hypertension, Pulmonary

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2010-09-15
• Last updated: 2013-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada