NCT01516359

Incidence and Predictive Factors of Intestinal Injury in Patients Undergoing Heart Valve Replacements

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• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cai Li · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence and predictive factors related to intestinal injury in patients undergoing heart valve replacement through a multicenter study in China.

Detailed description

Intestinal injury is one of main reasons for mobidity and mortality after heart valve replacement, but its incidence and potential risk factors remain unclear. A multicenter study in China is undertaken to investigate the incidence and predictive factors related to intestinal injury in patients undergoing heart valve replacement.

Conditions

• Injury of Other and Multiple Parts of Small Intestine

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-10-01
• Primary completion: 2012-10-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2012-01-24
• Last updated: 2012-01-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China