Oral Gastric Suctioning Effect on Transesophageal Echo

Conditions

• TEE Image Quality

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Transesophageal Echocardiography — DIAGNOSTIC_TEST
  Transesophageal echocardiography images will be taken prior to and post oral gastric suction.

Study Details

During heart surgery images of the heart are taken with transesophageal echocardiography. The images track how the heart is doing during surgery. It is normal practice to place an oral gastric tube in the stomach during heart surgery. The oral gastric tube is used to suction out stomach contents to avoid potential aspiration and avoid stomach acid build up. The purpose of this research study is to see if the images of the heart have better quality after your stomach has been emptied. This project hopes to help determine the best method to obtain the better quality images of the heart during cardiac surgery.

Key Dates

Start date

Oct 22, 2025

Status verified

Sep 2025

Primary completion

Oct 30, 2026

Completion

Oct 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants (estimated)

Arms

• Arm: Cardiac Surgery with Transesophageal Echocardiography
  Participants scheduled for cardiac surgery with transesophageal echocardiography performed as part of their standard of care treatment during their surgery.

Primary Outcome Measure

Quality of Mid Esophageal Four Chamber Images - Pre Oral Gastric Suction [ Time Frame: 60 minutes ]

Central Contacts

• Scott Coleman, DO
  336-716-4498
  [email protected]
• Lynnette Harris, BSN
  336-716-8791
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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