Awake breathing support for heart valve surgery
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests a new anesthesia method that lets you breathe on your own during heart valve surgery, instead of using a breathing tube. It aims to see if this approach is safer and helps you recover faster than standard anesthesia.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You are scheduled for elective (not emergency) heart valve surgery.
- Your doctor agrees you are healthy enough for either anesthesia method.
- You are willing to participate and can give written consent (or have a legal representative).
- You do not have severe lung, heart, liver, kidney, or brain disease that would make the new method unsafe.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
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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