AI-Powered ultrasound aims to solve heart diagnosis dilemma
NCT ID NCT07436299
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study will test new ultrasound techniques, combined with artificial intelligence, to more accurately measure heart filling pressure in patients who have both heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Current methods are unreliable for these patients, making diagnosis and treatment difficult. Researchers will enroll 400 participants from multiple hospitals to develop and validate a better diagnostic tool, with the goal of predicting who is at highest risk for hospitalization or death.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing clinically indicated right or left heart catheterization.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Atrial fibrillation (paroxysmal, persistent, or permanent) * Scheduled for RHC or LHC for clinical reasons * Able to undergo echocardiography and invasive pressure measurement within 8 hours * No cardiovascular medication changes between echo and catheterization * Written informed consent provided Exclusion Criteria: * Mitral stenosis or mitral annular calcification causing severe functional stenosis * Severe mitral or severe tricuspid regurgitation * Prosthetic mitral valve * Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response \>120 bpm * Suboptimal echocardiographic imaging * Conditions rendering PCWP or LVEDP unreliable * Pregnant women * Complex congenital heart disease * LV assist device and patients with severe non-cardiac disease with poor prognosis * Cardiac transplant patients * End-stage liver disease
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
15 sites in 10 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cardiovascular Center Aalst, OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAalst, 9300, Belgium
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Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBucharest, 020021, Romania
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Catholic University of Leuven
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLeuven, 3000, Belgium
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Cleveland Clinic
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBirmingham, United Kingdom
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Division of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Diseases, Oslo University Hospital
RECRUITINGOslo, Oslo, 0424, Norway
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Ehime University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTōon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan
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King's College
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLondon, WC2R2LS, United Kingdom
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Laboratory Signal Processing and Image, Department of Cardiology
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRennes, 35033, France
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Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNagoya, Aichi-ken, 467-8601, Japan
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Service de Cardiologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGStrasbourg, 67091, France
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The Department of Cardiology at the Ljubljana University Medical Centre
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLjubljana, SI-1525, Slovenia
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University of Auckland
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAuckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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Yonsei University College of Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSeoul, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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