Clinical trials: Aortic Arch Surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
NICardipine Neuroprotection in AortiC Surgery (NICNACS)
Objective The objective of this study is to discover whether an infusion of nicardipine is able to reduce the time taken to achieve electrocerebral silence (ECS) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for aortic surgery.
- Trial name
- NICNACS (NCT00508118)
- Testing
- Nicardipine, 0.9% saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Cerebral Oximetry and Neurological Outcomes in Aortic Arch Surgery Patients
The investigators hypothesize that early intervention to optimize regional cerebral oxygenation detected by cerebral oximetry monitoring during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) for patients undergoing aortic surgery…
- Trial name
- NCT01149148
- Testing
- INVOS Somanetics Cerebral Oximeter
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Congenital Heart Disease, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Erythropoetin Neuroprotection for Neonatal Cardiac Surgery
Brain problems occur in neonatal open heart surgery with a frequency of 20-70%, seen on neurological examination, brain imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or long term development problems such as learning…
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Transposition of the Great Arteries, Aortic Arch Hypoplasia or Interruption
- Trial name
- NCT00513240
- Testing
- Erythropoetin, Normal saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine