Death Following Congenital Heart Surgery

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00215072

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-22

Start date

2005-07-31

Completion date

2007-02-28

Last updated

2012-03-16

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Congenital Heart Defects, Congenital Heart Surgery

Keywords

Death after heart surgery, surgical mortality, post-operative mortality, pediatric health, cardiac

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to elucidate the patterns of death following congenital heart surgery.

Detailed description

With the improvements in instrumentation, surgical technique, and critical care, the overall mortality following congenital heart surgery has become extremely low. Also, with the introduction of extracorporeal support (ECMO), especially in the emergency setting, acute deaths are extremely rare. The majority of post-operative deaths seem to be the result of a prolonged hospitalization with a progressive decline to multi-system organ failure. The primary aim of the study is to elucidate the patterns of death following congenital heart surgery. The secondary aims of the study are to discover patterns and consistencies among the deaths and to discover points of potential intervention to reduce surgical mortality. The study will be conducted through a retrospective chart review of approximately 40 patients.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients in the congenital surgery database * Post-operative surgical mortality * Deaths within 30 days of surgery * Deaths prior to ever leaving the hospital

Countries

United States

Outcome results