The Del Nido Versus Cold Blood Cardioplegia in Aortic Valve Replacement

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-07-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

A group of 150 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement procedure will be randomized either into del Nido cardioprotection protocol (75 participants) or into the cold blood cardioplegia protocol (75 participants).

The intraoperative and perioperative outcomes of using each solution will be presented and compared (see the endpoints).

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Pawel Buszman

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• qualification for isolated aortic valve replacement

• age>18 years

• given consent for the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• reoperation

• allergy to lidocaine

• coronary artery disease requiring surgical or percutaneous intervention

• pregnancy

• ejection fraction<30%

• massive aortic calcification ("porcelain aorta")