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Virtual Autopsy in Cardiology, Cardio- and Vascular-Surgery

NCT02502955 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2017-08-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Today complex vascular and cardiological interventions are performed in severely ill patients.

Autopsy is the reference standard for quality control for almost two centuries, but autopsy rates for patients dying in hospitals are decreasing rapidly.

Virtual autopsy has shown to be a good alternative for classic autopsy.

Conditions

  • Death

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Comparison autopsy methods

Comparison of post-mortem angiography/virtual autopsy and medical autopsy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dominic Wichmann, MD · Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-05-31
Primary Completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2017-08-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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