Status:
COMPLETED
A Study to Determine the Effect of Bi-Ventricular Pacing on Cardiac Hemodynamics After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Lead Sponsor:
Unity Health Toronto
Conditions:
Coronary Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine, using echocardiography, whether bi-ventricular pacing improves the contractile force by resynchronizing both ventricles, thereby improving and/or correcting ...
Detailed Description
Clinical trials done to date have focused on the efficacy of biventricular pacing (BVP) in the treatment of patients with congestive heart failure, Intraventricular conduction delay, dilated cardiomyo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All elective/emergent patients requiring isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) at St. Michael's Hospital.
Exclusion
- Patient's age \< 18 years.
- Known atrial fibrillation.
- Sinus tachycardia \> 100 beats per minute (bpm).
- Post-operative CI \< 2.
- High inotrope dosage post-operation:
- Dopamine (Intropin) if \> 10 µg/kg/min.
- Dobutamine (Dobutrex) if \> 10 µg/kg/min.
- Norepinephrine (Levophed) if \> 0.1 µg/kg/min.
- Epinephrine if \> 0.1 µg/kg/min.
- Need for intraaortic balloon pump (IABP).
- Unable or unwilling to give informed consent.
- Already participating in another clinical trial.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00316368
Start Date
October 1 2006
End Date
October 1 2008
Last Update
December 23 2009
Active Locations (1)
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St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8