Prospective Measurement of Normal Venous Sinus Pressures

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-60
SponsorWake Forest University Health Sciences

About this trial

The purpose of this research is to document normal intracranial venous sinus pressures. Participants who need to have a cerebral angiogram to evaluate a medical problem not related to Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) will be invited to participate. Participation in this research will not require any extra visits. The intervention will take place in the interventional radiology suite when the subject has an angiogram. IIH is a condition that causes increased pressure in the brain in the absence of a tumor or other diseases that may be causing symptoms. Symptoms include headaches and visual disturbances not explained by other things. In IIH there is a narrowing in the sinuses of the brain that causes the increased pressure.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Candidates for elective cerebral arteriography

Disqualifiers

All patients with active, or a history of, intracranial venous pathology (arteriovenous malformation, arteriovenous fistulae, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, venous sinus thrombosis).

Patients with severe daily headaches or symptoms of idiopathic intracranial hypertension will also be excluded.

Body mass index > 35.

Known diagnosis of heart failure or pulmonary hypertension.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Venogram

Treatment groups

10 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group