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Prevention Decline in Older Invasive Cardiac Surgery Patients

Study question and objective At this stage of developement of the multicomponent is intervention it is unclear whether the intervention is feasible in practice. Therefore the question: Is this multicomponent preadmission intervention feasible in…

Postoperative Pericardial Flush, to evaluate the effects of pericardial flush with a crystalloid on blood loss after valvular surgery and correction for CHD.

Primary objective: To determine whether postoperative pericardial flush with a crystalloid can reduce postoperative blood loss by effectively removing contaminated pericardial blood after valvular surgery and correction for CHD. The primary…

The Cardio Thoracic Harness

The objective of this study is to get insight in the effect of the Cardio Thoracic Harness for men and the Cardio thoracic bra for women. The harness and the bra possibly have an important role in pain management. The producer of the harness and the…

The effect of two different heart-lung machines, Twin-Pulse Life Support and standard used heart-lung machine, on the systemic inflammation and pattern of microvascular blood flow. A prospective randomised clinical trial.

Analysis of the effects of the Twin-Pulse Life Support on on the systemic inflammatory response and the effect on microvascular blood flow in ocmparison to standard used Extracorporeal Circuit Device

Comparison of Biolimus Eluted from a Erodable Stent Coating with Bare-metal Stents in Acute ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction & In Vivo 3-Vessel Assessment of Time-Related Changes of Culprit and Non-Culprit Lessions by Grayscale IVUS, IVUS-VH and OCT in Acute Myocardial Infarction.

To establish superiority of the biolimus-eluting (BiomatrixTM) stent compared with an otherwise identical bare-metal stent (GazelleTM) in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in terms of the composite endpoint of cardiac death,…

Antiplatelet therapy for patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

1. To investigate the safety of omission of clopidogrel compared to a strategy using aspirin + clopidogrel during 1 year follow-up in patients without an indication for OAC after TAVI (Cohort A);2. To investigate the safety of omission of…

The influence of Anesthesia Geriatric Evaluation on predicting health related quality of life after cardiac surgery in elderly patients

1. To determine the influence of frailty on predicting an increase in HRQL in elderly cardiac surgery patients .2. To develop an AGE score for predicting an increase in HRQL after cardiac surgery based on surgical risk factors, comorbidities and…

Cerebral Micro-emboli Detection
after Cardiac Surgery
(A prospective follow-up study)

To demonstrate the added value of TCD emboli detection in patients after cardiac surgery. To investigate the possibility of an early detection of silent cerebral embolization after a cardiac surgery procedure to identify a subset of patients with an…

Randomized controlled trial of Digital Cardiac Counseling in patients with delayed cardiac surgical treatment due to Covid-19 pandemic (DCC trial)

Primary Objective: -What is the effect of an interactive Digital Cardiac Counseling platform with E-consulting on cumulative incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) at 1 year after the cardiac surgery compared to the control…

High intensity interval training in patients with a right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit

Primary Objective: To assess the efficacy, expressed by change in peak oxygen consumption obtained with cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), of a HIIT program in patients with an RV-PA conduit.Secondary Objective(s): To determine predictors for…