Bentall surgery study: optic nerve and thinking ability
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study checks if swelling of the optic nerve sheath during heart surgery with a bypass machine is linked to changes in thinking ability after the operation. It may help understand why some people have mental fogginess after surgery.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 80 years old.
- You are scheduled for a Bentall procedure (a type of heart surgery that replaces the aortic root and valve).
- Your surgery will use a heart-lung bypass machine.
- You are able to take a memory and thinking test (called MoCA).
- You do not have a history of stroke, dementia, or serious brain or psychiatric disorders.
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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