Breathing exercise device for recovery after heart surgery
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests a new breathing exercise device designed to help your lungs recover after heart surgery. It may make your breathing easier and speed up your return to daily activities.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are scheduled for a specific heart surgery (bypass or valve repair/replacement) through a cut down the middle of your chest.
- Your heart failure symptoms are mild or absent (Class I or II on the NYHA scale).
- You have no long-term lung disease, no uncontrolled heart rhythm or blood pressure problems, and no recent history of collapsed lung.
- You have not had another surgery in the last six months.
- Your thinking and memory are normal (score above 24 on a mental status test).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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