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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN83738615
ISRCTN83738615
Completed
Not Applicable

Perioperative myocardial ischaemia and cytokine response in patients undergoing high-risk surgery: the influence of fluvastati

Erasmus Medical Centre (Netherlands)0 sites500 target enrollmentMarch 7, 2007

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Perioperative myocardial ischaemia
Sponsor
Erasmus Medical Centre (Netherlands)
Enrollment
500
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
March 7, 2007
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Erasmus Medical Centre (Netherlands)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Aged greater than 40 years
  • 2\. Scheduled for elective noncardiac surgery
  • 3\. Risk score for perioperative cardiovascular death greater than or equal to 51 points
  • 5\. Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Currently on statin therapy
  • 2\. Contraindication for statin therapy
  • 3\. Scheduled for surgery which interferes with continuous 12\-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) recording, such as thoracic and upper abdominal surgery
  • 4\. Unstable coronary disease
  • 5\. Undergoing emergency surgery
  • 6\. Patients with extensive stress\-induced ischaemia during dobutamine stress test
  • 7\. Creatine Kinase (CK) at baseline greater than 10 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN)
  • 8\. Previous participation in the fluvastatin\-study
  • 9\. Reoperation within 30 days of an initial surgical procedure
  • 10\. Participation in another clinical trial within the last 30 days

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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