Heart function test for difficult bypass weaning
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial studies whether a heart ultrasound test called GLS can help predict complications when patients are taken off the heart-lung machine after heart surgery. It aims to improve management for better outcomes.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are at least 18 years old.
- You are scheduled for planned (not emergency) heart surgery that uses a heart-lung machine.
- Your surgery is one of the following: replacing or repairing a heart valve, bypass surgery (CABG), a combination of these, or surgery on the ascending aorta or aortic arch.
- You have not had this surgery before (it is not a repeat surgery).
- You do not have any condition that prevents using an ultrasound probe in your esophagus (TEE).
- You are not critically ill before surgery, such as needing IV heart medications, a balloon pump, or a breathing tube, and you do not have an irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) before surgery.
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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