Status:

UNKNOWN

Early Versus Late Post Caesarean Section Oral Anticoagulation Initiation and Risk of Maternal Complications in Patients With Mechanical Heart Valve Prosthesis

Lead Sponsor:

Cairo University

Conditions:

Maternal Complications After Oral Anticoagulation When Initiated Early and Late After Caesarean Section Done for Patients With Mechanical Heart Valve Prosthesis

Eligibility:

FEMALE

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

A randomized cohort study applied to patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis who will be delivered by caesarean section at or after 28 weeks of gestation . Using a table of random numbers, par...

Detailed Description

-Background and Rationale: Cardiac valve replacement surgery has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of patients with acquired (e.g. rheumatic) or congenital cardiac disorders (McLintock, 2011)....

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pregnant women with mechanical prosthetic heart valves who are planned to deliver by caesarean delivery, provided that the gestational age at delivery is 28 weeks of gestation or more whether singleton or multi-fetal pregnancy.

Exclusion

  • Patients with right-sided mechanical heart valves.
  • Patients with a history of any thrombotic events e.g. Stuck prosthetic valve, or cerebrovascular stroke, etc.
  • Patients with hypertensive disorders.
  • Diabetic patients.
  • Patients with known bleeding disorders or coagulation defects.
  • Patients with known thrombophilia.
  • Patients who refuse to share in the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 19 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

114 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04855110

Start Date

April 19 2021

End Date

March 1 2022

Last Update

April 22 2021

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Faculty of medicine (Kasr Alainy), cairo university

Cairo, Egypt, 12613