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Paravertebral Block to Reduce the Incidence of New Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial

Status: Recruiting

To determine if a perioperative infusion of 0.2% ropivacaine via bilateral T3 paravertebral catheters can decrease the incidence of new onset atrial fibrillation following primary CABG and/or valve surgery and compare a number of secondary outcomes.

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Age: 18 years and over
Healthy Volunteers:
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria:

• undergoing one of the following elective or urgent (but not emergency) surgeries: A) Primary Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) B) Primary Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (sAVR) C) Primary Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement (sMVR) D) Combined CABG & surgical valve replacement
Exclusion Criteria:

• history of atrial fibrillation or flutter
• Infective endocarditis
• Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 30%
• redo surgery
• unable to have a block because of local anesthetic allergy, bleeding problem
• Body mass index > 35kg/m2
• woman who is pregnant
Conditions:

Heart & Vascular

Keywords:

Clinics and Surgery Center (CSC), AF, Atrial Fibrillation, CABG, Cardiac Disease, Coronary Artery By-Pass Surgery

Contact(s): Candace Nelson - nelso377@umn.edu
Principal Investigator: James Flaherty
Phase: PHASE4
IRB Number: STUDY00009938
System ID: 29879
See this study on ClinicalTrials.gov

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