Heart pressure measurements during cardiac surgery
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study measures pressures inside the heart during cardiac surgery to better understand how well the heart is working. It may help doctors improve care for patients having certain heart valve or aorta procedures.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are scheduled for heart surgery through a cut in the middle of your chest.
- Your surgery uses a heart-lung machine to take over your heart and lungs during the operation.
- You are having one of these procedures: replacing the aortic valve (for leaky valve), repairing the mitral valve, repairing the aortic root (where the aorta meets the heart), or replacing part of the aorta above the coronary arteries.
- Your left ventricular ejection fraction (a measure of heart pumping strength) is 60% or more, meaning your heart pumps well.
- Your surgery is planned in advance (not an emergency), and you have no signs of heart failure before the operation.
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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