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Vedel AG, Holmgaard F, Rasmussen LS, Paulson OB, Thomsen C, Danielsen ER, Langkilde A, Goetze JP, Lange T, Ravn HB, Nilsson JC. Perfusion Pressure Cerebral Infarct (PPCI) trial - the importance of mean arterial pressure during cardiopulmonary bypass to prevent cerebral complications after cardiac surgery: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 2016; 17:247. [PMID: 27189028 PMCID: PMC4869311 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1373-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Debilitating brain injury occurs in 1.6–5 % of patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging studies have reported stroke-like lesions in up to 51 % of patients after cardiac surgery. The majority of the lesions seem to be caused by emboli, but inadequate blood flow caused by other mechanisms may increase ischaemia in the penumbra or cause watershed infarcts. During cardiopulmonary bypass, blood pressure can be below the lower limit of cerebral autoregulation. Although much debated, the constant blood flow provided by the cardiopulmonary bypass system is still considered by many as appropriate to avoid cerebral ischaemia despite the low blood pressure. Methods/design The Perfusion Pressure Cerebral Infarct trial is a single-centre superiority trial with a blinded outcome assessment. The trial is randomising 210 patients with coronary vessel and/or valve disease and who are undergoing cardiac surgery with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. Patients are stratified by age and surgical procedure and are randomised 1:1 to either an increased mean arterial pressure (70–80 mmHg) or ‘usual practice’ (40–50 mmHg) during cardiopulmonary bypass. The cardiopulmonary bypass pump flow is fixed and set at 2.4 L/minute/m2 body surface area plus 10–20 % in both groups. The primary outcome measure is the volume of the new ischaemic cerebral lesions (in mL), expressed as the difference between a baseline, diffusion-weighted, magnetic resonance imaging scan and an equal scan conducted 3–6 days postoperatively. Secondary endpoints are the total number of new ischaemic cerebral lesions, postoperative cognitive dysfunction at discharge and 3 months postoperatively, diffuse cerebral injury evaluated by magnetic resonance spectroscopy and selected biochemical markers of cerebral injury. The sample size will enable us to detect a 50 % reduction in the primary outcome measure in the intervention compared to the control group at a significance level of 0.05 and with a power of 0.80. Discussion This is the first clinical randomised study to evaluate whether the mean arterial pressure level during cardiopulmonary bypass influences the development of brain injuries that are detected by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02185885. Registered on 7 July 2014. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13063-016-1373-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anne G Vedel
- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology, Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology, Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Neurobiology Research Unit, Neuroscience Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Diagnostic Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Diagnostic Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Diagnostic Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Diagnostic Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology, Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology, Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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de los Santos Pereira A, Sheikh S, Blaszykowski C, Pop-Georgievski O, Fedorov K, Thompson M, Rodriguez-Emmenegger C. Antifouling Polymer Brushes Displaying Antithrombogenic Surface Properties. Biomacromolecules 2016; 17:1179-85. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Andres de los Santos Pereira
- Department
of Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces and Biointerfaces, Institute
of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Heyrovsky Square 2, 162 06 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Chemistry − St. George Campus, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 3H6
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- Department
of Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces and Biointerfaces, Institute
of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Heyrovsky Square 2, 162 06 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, 164 College Street, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 3G9
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- Department
of Chemistry − St. George Campus, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 3H6
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- Department
of Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces and Biointerfaces, Institute
of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Heyrovsky Square 2, 162 06 Prague, Czech Republic
- DWI
− Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials and Institute
of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstraße 50, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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