NCT06154265

Intraoperative Echocardiography in Low-Risk CABG Surgery

Default vs As-Needed Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) in Low-Risk Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This goal of this study is to better understand when and where intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) should (or should not) be used during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries.

Detailed description

This trial will look at benefits and harms to two different treatments strategies in order to improve clinical outcomes. Intraoperative TEE is an ultrasound-based, imaging device that uses sound valves to look at the heart continuously during a heart surgery.

Conditions

• Heart Diseases
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Chest Pain
• Stenosis Coronary
• STEMI

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	TEE probe	Transesophageal echocardiography, ultrasound probe

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-22
• Primary completion: 2025-03-15
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2023-12-04
• Last updated: 2025-07-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study