Postoperative Troponin in Children With Congenital Heart Disease

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Congenital Heart Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01616394

2011/07/DEC/460

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate the value of postoperative troponin in the prediction of mid term and long term mortality and morbidity in children with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery.

Enrollment: 180 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all children with congenital heart disease between 0-10 years admitted for elective or emergency corrective or palliative cardiac surgery

Exclusion criteria

• parental refusal
• children older than 10 years

Trial design

180 participants in 1 patient group

children with congenital heart disease