Clinical trials: Open Heart Surgery
Bleeding, Surgical Blood Loss
Decreasing Postoperative Blood Loss by Topical vs. Intravenous Tranexamic Acid in Open Cardiac Surgery
The aim is to conduct a double-blinded single-centre randomized controlled clinical trial of application of topical dose of tranexamic acid (TA) versus the usual intravenous TA in patients undergoing cardiac surgery at the…
- Trial name
- DEPOSITION (NCT03376061)
- Testing
- Tranexamic Acid
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- Population Health Research Institute
Congenital Heart Disease
Washed Versus Standard Blood Cell Transfusions in Pediatric Open Heart Surgery
Background: Children having open heart surgery to repair congenital heart defects demonstrate a large inflammatory response to the heart-lung machine and to surgery itself.
- Trial name
- NCT00693498
- Testing
- Standard leukoreduced irradiated blood cell transfusion, Washed leukoreduced irradiated blood cell transfusions
- Volunteers
- 162 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Ventilator Induced Lung Injury, Cardiac Disease
Intensive Alveolar Recruitment Protocol After Cardiac Surgery
The purpose of this study was to evaluate prospectively the impact of two protective mechanical ventilation strategies, both using low tidal volume ventilation (6 mL/kg/ibw) after cardiac surgery.
- Conditions
- Ventilator Induced Lung Injury, Cardiac Disease, Acute Lung Injury
- Trial name
- NCT01502332
- Testing
- Intensive Alveolar Recruitment, Moderate Alveolar Recruitment
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 320 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Arteriosclerosis of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Graft Patency Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Via Minimally Invasive Coronary Surgery
This clinical study has been developed to evaluate the clinical outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting via Minimally Invasive Coronary Surgery (MICS); a minimally invasive coronary bypass procedure that…
- Trial name
- MICS (NCT01334866)
- Testing
- Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 91 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiovascular