Right Bundle Branch Block After Surgical Closure of Ventricular Septal Defect

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Completed

• Conditions: Bundle-Branch Block; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
• Interventions: Procedure: Echocardiography at rest; Procedure: Echocardiography during exercise; Procedure: MRI at rest; Procedure: Exercise testing

• Registration Number: NCT01480908
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus

Brief Summary

The most common congenital heart disease is the ventricular septal defect, and after surgical closure of a such defect, an arrythmia called the right bundle branch block, is very frequent. Therefore the aim of this study is to investigate if this group of patients has inferior outcomes compared to the group without this arrythmia after surgical closure and compared to a group of healthy control subjects.

All patients will be undergoing 1. exercise testing, 2. echocardiography, 3. echocardiography during exercise, and 4. MRI. The perspective is the ability to point out a group of patients with a possible need of further intervention, and additionally to increase the awareness of protecting the electrical system of the heart during the operation.

Detailed Description

Right bundle branch block is an exceedingly frequent complication in heart surgery, and especially in patients who have undergone surgical closure of a ventricular septal defect which is the most common congenital heart disease. How this bundle branch block effects the right ventricle of the heart on a long-term basis for this group of patients, is still unknown.

As a part of a PhD-study we therefore will try to illustrate this by echocardiography, MRI, exercise testing and other investigations 15 to 20 years after the surgical procedure. The study population thus consists of three different groups: 1. Patients whom undergone surgical closure of ventricular septal defect without postoperative right bundle branch block, 2. VSD-operated patients with right bundle branch block and 3. Healthy controls with no significant medical issues matched on age and sex. By carrying out the tests mentioned the right ventricles systolic function, diastolic function, the patients maximal exercise capacity and a lot of other parameters will be evaluated in the three groups of patients and compared amongst each other. The perspective therefore is the ability to point out a specific group of patients with an inferior outcome and with a possible need for further intervention. An additional perspective is to increase the awareness of protecting the bundle branch during the operation.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-06
• Study First Submitted: 2011-11-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-11-24
• Study First Posted: 2011-11-29
• Status Verified: 2013-08
• Primary Completion: 2014-10
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Operated for VSD in the period from 1990 to 1995 on Aarhus University Hospital Skejby

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Exclusion Criteria

• No chart to be found
• No EKG to be found
• Known bundle branch block prior to the surgery
• Other arrythmias
• Use of ventriculotomy
• Other disease than VSD
• Pacemaker or other metallic implants
• Pregnancy

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
VSD, +Right bundle branch block	Echocardiography during exercise	Patients undergone surgical closure of ventricular septal defect and have a postoperative right bundle branch block, about 20 patients
VSD, +Right bundle branch block	MRI at rest	Patients undergone surgical closure of ventricular septal defect and have a postoperative right bundle branch block, about 20 patients
Control	Echocardiography at rest	Healthy control subjects, about 20 patients
VSD, +Right bundle branch block	Echocardiography at rest	Patients undergone surgical closure of ventricular septal defect and have a postoperative right bundle branch block, about 20 patients
VSD, -Right bundle branch block	Echocardiography during exercise	Patients undergone surgical closure of ventricular septal defect and does not have a postoperative right bundle branch block, about 20 patients
Control	Echocardiography during exercise	Healthy control subjects, about 20 patients
Control	MRI at rest	Healthy control subjects, about 20 patients
VSD, +Right bundle branch block	Exercise testing	Patients undergone surgical closure of ventricular septal defect and have a postoperative right bundle branch block, about 20 patients
VSD, -Right bundle branch block	Echocardiography at rest	Patients undergone surgical closure of ventricular septal defect and does not have a postoperative right bundle branch block, about 20 patients
VSD, -Right bundle branch block	MRI at rest	Patients undergone surgical closure of ventricular septal defect and does not have a postoperative right bundle branch block, about 20 patients
VSD, -Right bundle branch block	Exercise testing	Patients undergone surgical closure of ventricular septal defect and does not have a postoperative right bundle branch block, about 20 patients
Control	Exercise testing	Healthy control subjects, about 20 patients

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Systolic function at rest measured by echocardiography	All patients are tested only once about 20 years post to surgery	Dimensions of all 4 chambers, inspiratory collapse, and gradient over the tricuspidale valve is measured. Tricuspid Annulus Plane Systolic Excursion(TAPSE) and Tricuspid Annular peak Systolic Motion(TASM) is measured as well.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Maximal oxygen consumption during exercise	All patients are tested only once about 20 years post to surgery	Maximal oxygen consumption is measured during on a bicycle. Prior to the test a spirometry is performed to rull out potentiel diffenrences in pulmonary function between the cohorts. During the test pulse, blood pressure, saturation, and EKG are monitored. Ventilatory volume, oxygen consumption and carbondioxide excretion are measured. Anaerobic threshold is calculated at the end of the test.
Force-frequency-relation during exercise	All patients are tested only once about 20 years post to surgery	TASM is measured during exercise along with pulse measurements to evaluate the force-frequency-relation.
Diastolic function at rest measured by MRI	All patients are tested only once about 20 years post to surgery	Dimensions of all 4 chambers are measured at end-systole and end-diastole. Blood flow measurements through the aortic and the pulmonary valve are made as well. No use of contrast.
Diastolic function at rest measured by echocardiography	All patients are tested only once about 20 years post to surgery	Dimensions of all 4 chambers, inspiratory collapse, and gradient over the tricuspidale valve is measured. Tricuspid Annulus Plane Systolic Excursion(TAPSE) and Tricuspid Annular peak Systolic Motion(TASM) is measured as well.
Systolic function at rest measured by MRI	All patients are tested only once about 20 years post to surgery	Dimensions of all 4 chambers are measured at end-systole and end-diastole. Blood flow measurements through the aortic and the pulmonary valve are made as well. No use of contrast.

Trial Locations

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Aarhus University Hospital Skejby; 🇩🇰 Aarhus, Aarhus N, Denmark