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Corticosteroids for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

NCT00442494 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1

Last updated 2012-11-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia to occur after cardiac surgery. Inflammatory response may be one etiological factor.

We hypothesized that intravenous corticosteroid administration after cardiac surgery prevents AF after cardiac surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

intravenous hydrocortisone

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tampere University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oulu University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jari Halonen, MD · Kuopio University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

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