Hidden danger in heart surgery: blood stasis may signal kidney risk
NCT ID NCT07232277
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether blood backing up in the veins during heart surgery can predict acute kidney injury. Researchers will monitor 114 adults having elective heart surgery, using ultrasound to check for venous congestion. The goal is to find an early warning sign to prevent kidney damage after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a way to predict and prevent kidney injury during heart surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study with only 114 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It looks for patterns, not a treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 114 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients scheduled to undergo elective cardiac surgery
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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; 2. ≥ 18 years. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Contraindications for TEE; 2. Emergency cardiac surgery; 3. Major vascular surgery; 4. Redo cardiac surgery; 5. Abnormal preoperative renal function; 6. Severe chronic kidney disease (estimated glomerular filtration rate \< 15 ml/min/1.73 m2 or dialysis); 7. History of kidney transplantation; 8. Severe infection requiring continuous antibiotic therapy; 9. Severe preoperative heart failure with left ventricular ejection fraction \< 30%; 10. A critical preoperative state (mechanical circulatory support, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, current renal replacement therapy \[RRT\], mechanical ventilation, or cardiac arrest necessitating resuscitation); 11. Multi-organ dysfunction; 12. 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 and renal artery blood flow (such as urinary tract obstruction); 13. Planned cardiac transplantation or ventricular assist device implantation; 14. Pregnancy; 15. Insufficient ultrasonographic imaging; 16. Restarting CPB after first CPB cessation during surgery; 17. Requirement for cardiac assist devices (ECMO, IABP, or ventricular assist device) after CPB intraoperatively.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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No. 368 Hanjiang Middle Road
RECRUITINGYangzhou, Jiangsu, 225012, China
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