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Cardiac Surgery Residents' Learning Curve of Intraoperative Transit-time Flowmetry and High-frequency Ultrasound in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: the LEARNERS Study
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Coronary artery bypass graft for Coronary Artery Disease. Completed, enrolled 80 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
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.
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Interventions
All patients included will undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery. During surgery, every graft will be evaluated through transit time flowmetry (TTFM) and intraoperative ultrasound control (HFUS).