Study of Myocardial Contractility After Cardiac Surgery Under an Anterograde or Retrograde Cardioplegia

NCT ID: NCT02816385

Last Updated: 2017-11-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-09-30

Study Completion Date

2017-11-30

Brief Summary

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Myocardial protection is a fundamental element for the safety of patients when performing cardiac surgery. For this purpose, cardioplegia were rapidly established in clinical practice to protect the myocardium when performing aortic clamp.

Cardioplegia are procedures to stop the contraction of myocardium. It is usually achieved with the use of chemicals ( cardioplegic solutions) or cold temperature (such as chilled perfusate). The composition of the cardioplegic solutions and their method of administration continuously changed over the years.

At the present date, cold blood cardioplegias are performed in the investigator's center. The investigators regularly use two modes of administration: either by an antegrade path (injection in the coronary arteries), or a retrograde one (injection in the venous system). At present, there are no elements supporting the superiority or inferiority of one path compared to another. The difficulty lies within a clear estimation of the contractility state of the ventricular cardiac muscle.

Technological developments in recent years provided a solution to this problem. The analysis of the pressure/volume curves generated by a ventricle allows an accurate quantification of the myocardial contractility. This requires the use of conductance catheters to accurately measure the ventricular volume and the ventricular pressure. The absolute ventricular contractility is then deduced with the help of a software.

The investigators intend to use this pressure-volume loops, obtained with conductance catheters, to compare the contractility of the right heart ventricle after antegrade vs retrograde cardioplegia.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Heart Arrest

Keywords

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PV-loops (pressure-volume loops) Myocardial contractility Cardioplegia Induced

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Antegrade Cardioplegia

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery in patients with a normal left ventricular ejection fraction (FEVG)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Antegrade cardioplegia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Injection of the cardioplegia in the coronary arteries

Retrograde Cardioplegia

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery in patients with a normal left ventricular ejection fraction (FEVG)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Retrograde cardioplegia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Injection of the cardioplegia in the venous system

Interventions

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Antegrade cardioplegia

Injection of the cardioplegia in the coronary arteries

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Retrograde cardioplegia

Injection of the cardioplegia in the venous system

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Need for myocardial revascularisation
* Normal FEVG ( \> 50%)

Exclusion Criteria

* Valvulopathy
* Associated procedures
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Brugmann University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Pierre Wauthy

Head of clinic

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Pierre Wauthy, MD, Pr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU Brugmann

Alessandro Falchetti, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU Brugmann

Locations

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CHU Brugmann

Brussels, , Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

Other Identifiers

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CHUB-Retroplegie

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id