Aortic Valve Regurgitation., Aortic Valve Stenosis., Coronary Artery Disease.
Conditions
Keywords
Cerebral Oximetry., Aortic valve stenosis., Aortic valve regurgitation., Coronary artery disease.
Brief summary
Use of vasopressor to maintain Mean Arterial Pressure on Cardio Pulmonary Bypass can lead to decreased cerebral flow and oxygenation in individual patients and this can be detected by means of cerebral oxymetry.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patient age under 80. * Patients should undergo elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (ACB) or heart valve surgery (AVR or MVR). * The patient must be admitted at least 18 years of years.
Exclusion criteria
* Damage to the frontal lobes corresponding to the area where SCO2 monitored. * Patients in pharmacological studies. * Patients with known intracranial vascular anomalies or cerebral aneurysms. * Patients with known neurological disease. * Patients with known undergone cerebral insult, TIA or carotid stenosis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cerebral oxymetry values | March 2013 |
Countries
Norway