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eurological Monitoring during pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) and balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) for chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)

Conditions
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
high blood pressure in the bloodvessels of the lungs due to persistent thrombosis in the pulmonary arteries
10037454
10003184
Registration Number
NL-OMON54062
Lead Sponsor
Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension undergoing
pulmonary endarteriectomy or Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty.
2. Capable of giving informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe neuropsychological comorbidity
2. Inability to provide informed consent
3. Being analphabetic
4. Insufficient understanding of the Dutch language
5. Scoring positive for dementia during the preoperative neuropsychological
evaluation

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Post-operatiev cognitive decline (POCD) as measured by a decrease in the<br /><br>adjusted score of 4 validated cognitive tests as part of a neuropsychological<br /><br>evaluation at 3 and 6 months after the procedure.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Incidence of delirium in the clinical post-treatment phase.<br /><br>Difference in changes of the selected neurobiomarkers (NfL, GFAP, p-tau) in<br /><br>plasma of patients after undergoing either BPA or PEA.</p><br>
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