Temporary Biventricular Pacing (BIPACE)

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Right Ventricular (RV) Dysfunction

Treatments: Other: left ventricular epicardial pacing lead

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01987531

816482

Details and patient eligibility

About

The hypothesis of this study is that temporary biventricular pacing will improve hemodynamic performance in patients with right ventricular dysfunction after open cardiac chamber cardiac surgery.

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 84 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• mitral or tricuspid valve surgery patients identified as having preoperative Right Ventricular dysfunction and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction less than 45 percent

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with in-situ biventricular pacemakers
• Pregnant or lactating females

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2 participants in 1 patient group

left ventricular epicardial pacing lead

Experimental group

Description:

Enrolled patients will have a temporary left ventricular epicardial pacing lead placed in addition to the standard right ventricular and right atrial temporary epicardial pacing leads after open cardiac chamber cardiac surgery.

Treatment:

Other: left ventricular epicardial pacing lead