TEAM-Project: Trial on the Effect of Anesthetics on Morbidity and Mortality
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Volatile anesthetics may provide some protection from myocardial ischemia, an effect called
anesthetic preconditioning. In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery, this
preconditioning effect resulted in better cardiac performance, faster recovery and lower
morbidity and mortality.
The investigators will perform a prospective randomized multi-center study to compare
volatile with total intravenous anesthesia in patients at a high cardiac risk who undergo
major non-cardiac surgery.