Clinical Utility of Magnetocardiography

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Clinical Utility of Magnetocardiography (MCG) in Patients with Electrical and Structural Cardiac Abnormalities

• IRAS ID

  230759

• Contact name

  Elijah Behr

• Contact email

  ebehr@sgul.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  St George's, University of London

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 6 months, 0 days

• Research summary

  Magnetocardiography (MCG) is a non-invasive diagnostic method which records the magnetic fields created by electrical currents of the heart during a cardiac cycle.
  Used together with an Electrocardiography (ECG) to record the signals by the same source (the electrical currents of the heart) the two methods combined provide complimentary information about the electrical activity.
  The MCG can detect very low electrical signals and provide far greater accuracy as to source. In this small pilot study we aim to explore the subtle differences between 3 distinct participant groups against a group of healthy controls. Can MCG provide sufficient data to distinguish these groups

• REC name

  London - Surrey Borders Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  17/LO/1737

• Date of REC Opinion

  24 Oct 2017

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion