The Impact of Pericardial Closure on the Grafts, in the Context of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (NCT06181565) | Clinical Trial Compass
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The Impact of Pericardial Closure on the Grafts, in the Context of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
France34 participantsStarted 2022-01-01
Plain-language summary
Once the pericardium is closed, there is no information on the hemodynamics of the grafts after coronary artery bypass grafting. This would be the reason for different opinions on pericardial closure: some teams do not close the pericardium and others close it.
In the department Cardiovascular Surgery of the University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, the Medistim machine is used in routine and the hemodynamic properties of the grafts are recorded immediately after the bypass surgery, before the closure of the pericardium.
Who can participate
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* All patients who will have isolated aortocoronary bypass grafting surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
* History of thoracic trauma
* Severe cyphosis
* Severe thoracic deformity (Pectus excavatum)
* Pericardial disease
* History of radiotherapy
* Severe pulmonary disease (emphysema)
* Right heart failure
* Redo surgery
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What they're measuring
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Flow through the grafts
Timeframe: Minute : 1, 15
Trial details
NCT IDNCT06181565
SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne