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Comparative Study of Survival and Long-term Quality of Life After Cardiac Surgery in Patients Who Are Jehovah's Witnesses

NCT03348072 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 93

Last updated 2017-11-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a comparative study on the survival and long-term quality of life of Jehovah's witnesses having undergone a cardiac surgery and having refused blood transfusions for religious reasons. This group will be compared with two other groups having no restrictions on this subject.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of this decision on survival and postoperative quality of life, in the long term.

Conditions

  • Cardiac Surgery

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Cardiac surgery

Cardiac surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pierre Wauthy

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pierre Wauthy, MD · CHU Brugmann

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-02-29
Primary Completion
2017-03-31
Completion
2017-03-31

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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