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Clinical trialNCT05903222CompletedObservational

The Effect of Posterior Pericardiotomy on the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery-Extended Follow-Up

SponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell UniversityEnrollment420Atrial Fibrillation
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Summary

The lay summary the sponsor registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

The purpose of the Effect of Posterior Pericardiotomy on the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery (PALACS, NCT02875405) trial was to determine if performing posterior left pericardiotomy at the time of cardiac surgery prevents atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery. The purpose of the Posterior left pericardiotomy for the prevention of AtriaL fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery-Extended Follow-Up (PALACS-EF) study is to evaluate the effect of posterior left pericardiotomy on 5-year clinical outcomes.
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Investigators

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  • Leonard N Girardi, MD

    Weill Cornell Medical College New York Presbyterian Hospital

    Principal Investigator
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  • Mario Gaudino, MD

    Weill Cornell Medical College New York Presbyterian Hospital

    Study Chair
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Weill Cornell Medical College Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

    New York, New York, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
1 Jul 2022
Primary completion
26 Sept 2024
Completion
13 Oct 2024
Last update posted
29 Jan 2025
Registered enrollment
420
Registry id
NCT05903222
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