Medium-term Venous Access in Congenital Heart Surgery

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Conditions studied: Congenital Heart Surgery

In brief

This study is designed to evaluate medium-term central venous catheter placement in infants undergoing complex cardiac surgery using a new technique. This technique involves placement of the catheter into the inferior vena cava through a subcutaneous tunnel and through a tunnel between pericardium and diaphragm.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00852488

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

50

Starts

2009-03-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-01

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Infants undergoing surgical correction or palliation of congenital heart disease via sternotomy
• Age 0-365 days
• Anticipated intensive care stay over 10 days
• Need for central venous access or prolonged venous access

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of access that is likely to last more than 10 days at time of operation
• Septic shock
• Known inferior vena cava thrombosis
• Operations not approached by sternotomy

Where it is running

• Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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