Status:

COMPLETED

Trancutaneous Monitoring to Avoid Hypercapnea During Complex Catheter Ablations

Lead Sponsor:

The Cleveland Clinic

Conditions:

Hypercapnia

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

Use of trancutaneous CO2 (TC02) monitoring to aide in titration of sedation of midazolam and fentanyl. Trancutaneous readings validated with invasively obtained specimens from existing arterial sheath...

Detailed Description

Cardiac electrophysiology procedures are typically performed under moderate (conscious) sedation in most centers. Advantages over general anesthesia include facilitating arrhythmia induction, avoidanc...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) or ventricular tachycardia (VT) under moderate sedation.

Exclusion

  • Procedures scheduled for general anesthesia

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2013

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01815034

Start Date

March 1 2013

End Date

July 1 2013

Last Update

August 19 2014

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Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195