Status:

UNKNOWN

Accuracy of TCD Monitoring in Predicting Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome After Carotid Endarterectomy

Lead Sponsor:

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Conditions:

Carotid Stenosis

Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

30-85 years

Brief Summary

Background: Cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) is a life threatening complication of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and the changes of middle cerebral artery velocity are used to predict the occurre...

Detailed Description

This study is designed as a standard diagnostic test. It is designed to verify the predictive power of VSI with CHS, and which is an observational analytic clinical study. The investigative parameters...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age from 30 to 85 years;
  • Had a middle-grade symptomatic carotid stenosis (more than 50%) or a high-grade asymptomatic carotid stenosis (more than 70%);
  • Underwent CEA 30 days after the last ischemic cerebrovascular event in the case of symptomatic carotid stenosis;
  • Signed the ethical information consent form
  • Underwent TCD study intraoperative and immediately after CEA;
  • The degree of carotid stenosis will be assessed by CT angiography or cerebral digital subtraction angiography (DSA). (The method document came from the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial study.)

Exclusion

  • Emergency CEA within 30 days of stroke onset in the case of symptomatic carotid stenosis;
  • No temporal windows to measure the MCAV.
  • Restenosis after CEA or CAS
  • Stenosis caused by non-atherosclerotic diseases
  • Combined severe systematic diseases that markedly decrease the life cycle
  • Allergy to medicines of the study such as Aspirin or Statin
  • Refuse to sign the ethical information consent form

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2013

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

200 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01799070

Start Date

March 1 2013

End Date

December 1 2014

Last Update

February 26 2013

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vascular surgery department of PUMCH

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100730