Early Heart Failure Screening in the Emergency Department

This study is looking at ways to identify people at risk for heart failure before they show symptoms. Researchers want to see if using a bedside ultrasound (POCUS) along with health education helps people understand heart health better and encourages them to make healthy changes like improving diet and exercise, and following up with their doctor. You might be able to join if you are 45 or older and have high blood pressure, diabetes, or obesity. The study will compare an educational session alone to an educational session that also includes a POCUS scan. The main goal is to see if POCUS increases follow-up with a primary care doctor after three months.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 100 participants. It compares two groups: one receiving education alone and another receiving education plus a bedside ultrasound.
What's involved
Participants will receive either an educational intervention alone or an educational intervention combined with a point-of-care ultrasound. Follow-up will occur at three months post-intervention.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed up for three months after the intervention to check on their primary care follow-up rate.

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NCT06769880

Use of Bedside Imaging and Community Health Workers for Early Screening and Referral of Pre-symptomatic Stage B Heart Failure in the Emergency Department

Recruiting
NAAges 45+InterventionalPrevention
Rush University Medical Center
~100 participants
Updated 2025-11-21 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Ultrasound and Educational InterventionEducational Intervention Alone

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Rate of Primary Care Follow Up
Measured over 3 Months Post-Intervention
Heart Diseases

NCT06769880

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago, Illinoisstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Michael Gottlieb, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Rush University Medical Center

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Must be 45 years of age or older
Must have high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, or obesity (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2)

Exclusion

Symptoms of acute heart failure (difficulty breathing, leg swelling)
History of heart failure
Unable to tolerate an ultrasound examination
No access to a phone for follow up
  • Rate of Primary Care Follow Up3 Months Post-Intervention

    Defined as the presence or absence of a follow up visit with a primary care provider at 3 months