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The Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Applied in Children the Day Before Open Heart Surgery

NCT00868101 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2012-01-09

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Summary

The study research is to analyse brief episodes of limb ischemia applied to children the day before open heart surgery as protection from myocardial injury induced by extracorporeal circulation.

Conditions

  • Congenital Heart Disease

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Remote ischemic preconditioning

Remote ischemic preconditioning was induced by four 5-minutes cycles of lower limb ischemia and reperfusion using a blood pressure cuff

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ana Paula CP Carlotti, 1 · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
2 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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