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The Effect of Sedation During Transesophageal Echocardiography on Heart Rate Variability

NCT01444976 ↗

Non-randomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

There is no ideal sedation technique that can be used during Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE), and the data concerning the effects of available sedation techniques on Heart Rate Variability (HRV) are limited. In this study the investigators aimed at comparing the effects of sedation through hypnotherapy with medical sedation achieved by midazolam on HRV.

Timeline

Start
2010-12
Primary completion
2011-02
Completion
2011-03

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator Lidocaine Other / unclassified 1 % Topical
Comparator Midazolam Small molecule 0.05 mg/kg Intravenous

Indications

No indication recorded.