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Heart surgery brain fog: is a backup of blood to blame?

NCT ID NCT07483151

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Zhuan Zhang Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study is looking at whether a backup of blood in the veins during heart surgery is linked to memory and thinking problems after the operation. Researchers will follow 110 adults having planned heart surgery and test their thinking skills before and after. The goal is to understand if this blood flow issue plays a role in the brain fog many patients experience.

What this could mean

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What this could lead to
If this study finds a link, it could point to ways to prevent or reduce memory and thinking problems after heart surgery.
What could go wrong
This is an early observational study, not a treatment trial. It can only show a connection, not prove cause and effect.

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Study facts

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Participants

About 110 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Nov 2024

Expected to finish

Oct 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Who is studied

Patients scheduled to undergo elective cardiac surgery

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients scheduled to undergo elective cardiac surgery via a midline thoracic incision; 2. ≥18 years; 3. A preoperative MMSE score\>23, without consciousness or language barriers, capable of cooperating with neurological examinations, cognitive function tests, and other assessments of neurological function. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Contraindications for TEE; 2. Emergency cardiac surgery; 3. Major vascular surgery; 4. Redo cardiac surgery; 5. Severe infection requiring continuous antibiotic therapy; 6. Severe preoperative heart failure with left ventricular ejection fraction \< 30%; 7. A critical preoperative state (mechanical circulatory support, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, current renal replacement therapy, mechanical ventilation, or cardiac arrest necessitating resuscitation); 8. Multi-organ dysfunction; 9. Known conditions that may interfere with the assessment or interpretation of hepatic vein, portal vein blood flow (such as liver cirrhosis or portal vein thrombosis) or the renal vein blood flow (such as urinary tract obstruction); 10. Planned cardiac transplantation or ventricular assist device implantation; 11. Pregnancy; 12. Insufficient ultrasonographic imaging; 13. Restarting CPB after first CPB cessation during surgery; 14. Requirement for cardiac assist devices (ECMO, IABP, or ventricular assist device) after CPB intraoperatively; 15. Neurological or psychiatric diagnoses that may affect cognitive performance or cognitive testing; 16. Documented delirium before surgery

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Hyperemia Postoperative Cognitive Complications

As listed by the trial registrant

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Intraoperative venous congestion and cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • The Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou University

    RECRUITING

    Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225012, China