320 Multidetector Computed Tomography Prior to Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

University of Edinburgh

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Coronary Disease

Treatments: Radiation: Computed tomography scan

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01169948

2009/R/CAR/17

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recent advances in technology have resulted in the development of scanners that can n image the heart arteries within 10 to 20 minutes but without the need for admission to hospital or insertion of catheters. This means that coronary heart disease may be more readily identified (or ruled out) and allow better diagnosis and treatment of patients with symptoms suggesting coronary heart disease. Here, we propose to assess the latest and most powerful scanners to see if it can accurately diagnose the extent of coronary artery disease and facilitate the planning of heart surgery.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who have undergone conventional coronary angiography and have been referred for coronary artery bypass surgery or valve replacement

Exclusion criteria

• age less than 18
• pregnancy or breast feeding
• inability to undergo computed tomography scanning
• inability to give informed consent
• severe renal failure (serum creatinine >250umol/l or estimated glomerular filtration rate <15ml/min)
• known allergy to iodinated contrast

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

Patients awaiting cardiac surgery

Treatment:

Radiation: Computed tomography scan