Clinical Trial: Importance of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Early Detection of Valvular and Cardiac Diseases (IMPROVE)

U.S., Aug. 11 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07756398) titled 'Importance of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Early Detection of Valvular and Cardiac Diseases (IMPROVE)' on Aug. 04.

Brief Summary: Structural heart disease (SHD), including valvular heart disease and left ventricular systolic dysfunction, is common in older adults and often goes undetected until symptoms or complications such as heart failure develop. Current detection relies on opportunistic clinical evaluation, including cardiac auscultation, which has limited sensitivity and is inconsistently performed, and echocardiography, which is accurate but resource-intensive. The IMPROVE trial (IMportance of Point-of-caRe ultrasOund for Ear...