Residents' Learning Curve of Intraoperative Transit-time Flowmetry and High-frequency Ultrasound in CABG (LEARNERS)

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Transit-time flowmetry (TTFM) allows grafts quality assessment during coronary artery bypass surgery by measuring the flow volume through them. Recently the intraoperative epicardial high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) was introduced, with the possibility of capturing bidimensional images of the anastomoses. When combined, these two techniques provide high diagnostic yield reaching a positive predictive value of 100 percent. Despite current guidelines recommend the employment of TTFM and HFUS, they remain largely underused probably because of limited information and the lack of standardization. Furthermore, surgeons must overcome a learning curve to handle both techniques properly, but few data are available according the current literature. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the complexity of HFUS and TTFM learning curve. This is a prospective, observational, monocentric cohort study. Adult patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery will be enrolled.

What you commit to

• Study type: Observational
• Participants enrolled: 80
• From 15 Sept 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Apr 2025
• 1 site in 1 country
• Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who the study is looking for

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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