Influence of Extracorporeal Circulation During Cardiac Surgery on the Development of Postoperative Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cardiac Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01300117

TTP-KC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether extracorporeal circulation during cardiac surgery has an influence on ADAMTS13-Activity.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• cardiac surgery with or without (OPCAB) the use of extracorporeal circulation
• patient agrees

Exclusion criteria

• no agreement
• known TTP in medical history

Trial design

70 participants in 2 patient groups

with extracorporeal circulation

Description:

Patients undergoing cardiac surgery with the use of an extracorporeal circulation

without extracorporeal circulation

Description:

Patients undergoing cardiac surgery without the use of extracorporeal circulation (OPCAB)