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CompletedNCT02831907

Portal Flow Pulsatility as a Risk Factor for Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

Assessment of Portal Flow Using Bedside Doppler Ultrasonography for the Detection of Portal Pulsatility as a Risk Factor for Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery Patients

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
146 (actual)
Sponsor
Montreal Heart Institute · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possible association between portal vein flow pulsatility and acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. Participants will undergo assessment of portal vein flow and intra-renal blood flow using bedside Doppler ultrasound before surgery and daily for three days after cardiac surgery.

Detailed description

Acute kidney injury is a frequent complication after cardiac surgery. Venous congestion from right ventricular dysfunction and fluid overload can impair kidney perfusion resulting in the cardio-renal syndrome. An increase in the variation of blood flow velocity in the portal vein during the cardiac cycle called portal pulsatility is a sign of congestive heart failure. Portal pulsatility occurs when increased central venous pressure results liver venous congestion. The presence of abnormal portal pulsatility could be used as a marker of venous congestions in other organs such as the kidneys. Discontinuous intra-renal vein flow is a risk factor for death or re-hospitalization in heart failure patients and could be seen in patients with portal pulsatility.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURECardiac surgeryAll cardiac surgery procedures with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass

Timeline

Start date
2016-08-01
Primary completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2017-07-31
First posted
2016-07-13
Last updated
2017-08-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02831907. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.