Reducing brain injury in cardiac surgery
Dual vent circuit cardiopulmonary bypass to reduce ischemic brain injury in cardiac surgery.
Auckland City Hospital
144 participants
Jul 4, 2004
Interventional
Conditions
Summary
The primary purpose of the study is to investigate whether a newly developed cardiopulmonary (heart) bypass technique, reduces brain injury as a complication of the surgery, compared with conventional cardiopulmonary bypass techniques.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- Able to give informed consent; neurologically independent; requiring elective cardiac valve replacement or repair in the left heart; able to undergo magnetic resonance imaging.
Exclusion Criteria1
- Concomitant medical conditions making followup over 6 weeks unlikely; hemodynamically unstable; frequent cardiac arrhythmias; mobile atherosclerotic plaque in the aortic arch; overt congestive heart failure.
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Interventions
Randomised controlled participant and assessor blinded study of an investigational dual vent circuit cardiopulmonary bypass technique in elective open heart surgery patients. Pre-operative and up to 6 weeks post-operative clinical assessments and magnetic resonance imaging studies performed.
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ACTRN12605000214639