Heart ultrasound screening offered in nursing homes
Tests heart ultrasound screening in nursing home residents with possible heart disease.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Echocardiography in Nursing Home
Key facts
- Where
- Nantes, FranceSee the site
Where in France
- Nantes University HospitalNantes, FranceTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Nantes University Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT06445231
- Record updated
- 8 October 2026
- Original description
The study seeks to explore the implementation characteristics (acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, adoption, fidelity, penetration, implementation cost and sustainability) of systematic echocardiography in nursing homes and its impact on rates of heart failure flare-up and unscheduled hospitalization at 12 months among included nursing homes.Read full original descriptionShow less
Implementation and Effectiveness of Screening Echocardiography Performed in Nursing Home: ECHOGER
The study seeks to explore the implementation characteristics (acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, adoption, fidelity, penetration, implementation cost and sustainability) of systematic echocardiography in nursing homes and its impact on rates of heart failure flare-up and unscheduled hospitalization at 12 months among included nursing homes.
Inclusion: Nursing homes residents with a life-expectancy estimated > 1 year, and able to participate to the study, giving an oral consent.
Exclusion: closed unit (severe Alzheimer disease…); recent contagious disease such Covid (<15 days); no accessible to echocardiography; no consent to participate; no social security number.