Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery by Pericardiotomy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorChanghai Hospital
About this trial
PRINCE-CH is a multicentre, randomized controlled trial which evaluates the effectiveness and safety of posterior pericardiotomy in preventing POAF after cardiac surgery in Chinese population.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients older than or equal to 18 years of age
Requiring surgical intervention on proximal aorta, cardiac valves, and/or coronary arteries
Able to provide informed consent
Disqualifiers
History of atrial fibrillation or flutter
Reoperations/minimally invasive cardiac surgery/emergent presentation
Need for hypothermic circulatory arrest
Disease of the left pleura or previous left thoracotomy
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Posterior pericardiotomy
Treatment groups
650 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Changhai Hospital
Lead sponsor
The General Hospital of Northern Theater Command
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov