Clinical trials: Neurocognitive Outcome After Aortic Valve Replacement
Neurocognitive Outcome After Aortic Valve Replacement
Elimination of Microemboli During Aortic Valve Replacement
In a randomized controlled trial patients undergoing aortic valve replacement are recruited into 3 groups. Patients receive either an intra-aortic filter (Embol-X), designed to reduce solid microemboli during mechanical surgical…
- Trial name
- ELMAR (NCT01128751)
- Testing
- Embol-X intra-aortic emboli filter, DBT dynamic bubble trap, Control group
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Giessen
Postoperative Delirium, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
Cognitive Outcome After Surgical and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Aortic valve stenosis is one of the most common types of heart disease in the aging Western population. While surgical cardiac valve replacement (SAVR) is a standard therapy for patients with aortic stenosis, catheter-assisted…
- Conditions
- Postoperative Delirium, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
- Trial name
- COSTA (NCT04535076)
- Testing
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation, Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Heart and Brain Research Group, Germany