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Prospective Measurement of Normal Venous Sinus Pressures
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Summary
The purpose of this research is to document normal intracranial venous sinus pressures. Participants who need to have a cerebral angiogram to evaluate a medical problem not related to Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) will be invited to participate. Participation in this research will not require any extra visits. The intervention will take place in the interventional radiology suite when the subject has an angiogram. IIH is a condition that causes increased pressure in the brain in the absence of a tumor or other diseases that may be causing symptoms. Symptoms include headaches and visual disturbances not explained by other things. In IIH there is a narrowing in the sinuses of the brain that causes the increased pressure.
Official title: Venous Sinus Pressures in Normal Individuals
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 60 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
10
Start Date
2020-01-13
Completion Date
2026-05
Last Updated
2025-12-22
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Venogram
The 5 French (5F) diagnostic catheter will be navigated into the inferior then superior vena cava and then into the internal jugular bulb on the dominant venous side (as determined from the arteriographic images). Next, a 0.027 inch microcatheter will be navigated using fluoroscopic guidance into the superior sagittal sinus and a venogram will then performed by injecting a small dose of contrast. Next, the venous sinus pressure waveforms will be recorded as the catheter is withdrawn into the jugular bulb and then in the superior vena cava to obtain a central venous pressure. Once completed, the catheters will be removed and the sheaths will be removed. Manual pressure will be held at the venous access site for a few minutes. The arterial sheath will be closed based upon standard arteriogram protocol.
Locations (1)
Wake Forest Univesity Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States