Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery by Pericardiotomy
Recruiting · NCT06728826 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Changhai Hospital
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
Posterior pericardiotomy
What this trial is about
PRINCE-CH is a multicentre, randomized controlled trial which evaluates the effectiveness and safety of posterior pericardiotomy in preventing POAF after cardiac surgery in Chinese population.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Patients older than or equal to 18 years of age
- Requiring surgical intervention on proximal aorta, cardiac valves, and/or coronary arteries
- Able to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- History of atrial fibrillation or flutter
- Reoperations/minimally invasive cardiac surgery/emergent presentation
- Need for hypothermic circulatory arrest
- Disease of the left pleura or previous left thoracotomy
- Chest deformity
- Unlikely to participate in follow-up assessments
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Changhai Hospital - Shanghai, China