Checking the safety of balloon dilatation in explanted mechanical heart valves
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I088- Other rheumatic multiple valve diseases
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/10/058611
- Lead Sponsor
- The Madras Medical Mission Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
The patients who will undergo repeat cardiac valve replacement for a left-sided obstructive mechanical valve due to thrombus or pannus, infective endocarditis, or paravalvular leak, as recommended by the European Society of Cardiology and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery will be included in this study. The explanted failed old mechanical valve will be tested in a bench model after obtaining written informed consent from the patient.
Exclusion Criteria
1 Ball and cage mechanical valve
2 Bioprosthetic valve
3 Not willing to give written informed consent
4 Right-sided valves from tricuspid and pulmonary positions
5 Serology-positive patients for HBsAg, Hepatitis C virus, or Human immunodeficiency virus.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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