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Oral Gastric Suctioning Effect on Transesophageal Echo
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Summary
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.
Official title: The Effect of Orogastric Suctioning on Quality of Transesophageal Echo Images in Cardiac Surgery
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
Start Date
2025-10-22
Completion Date
2026-10-30
Last Updated
2025-10-28
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Transesophageal Echocardiography
Transesophageal echocardiography images will be taken prior to and post oral gastric suction.
Locations (1)
Atrium Health-Wake Forest Baptist
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States