ltra low-dose chest ct with iteratIve reconstructions as an alternative to conventional chest x-ray prior to heart surgery
Completed
- Conditions
- CVAstroke1008220610007963
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON45046
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1724
Inclusion Criteria
- 18 years old or older
- Scheduled to undergo heart surgery
- Provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- Patient not meeting inclusion criteria
- Pregnant women
- Scheduled to undergo transcatheter aortic valve insertion procedure
- Patients that underwent a chest CT in the past three months
- Emergency surgery
- Concomitant or previous participation in a study that prohibits the patient from participating in a study that exposed the patient to radiation
- Unwillingness to be informed about unrequested findings on the CT scan
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- Percentage of patients suffering from in-hospital postoperative stroke<br /><br>(central neurological defect that either recovers spontaneously or is<br /><br>permanent) after heart surgery. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- Percentage of patients in which the surgical approach is altered based on<br /><br>information derived from the preoperative chest CT.</p><br>