Heart Disease Trial, Recruiting
Who may be able to join
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Who might be able to join this trial:
- People who are scheduled for routine PMI screening (a type of heart monitoring after surgery — confirm with trial site).
- People who will need to stay in hospital for at least 2 nights after their surgery.
- People aged between 40 and 85 years old who also have a history of at least one of the following: coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, cerebrovascular disease or stroke, insulin-dependent diabetes, or chronic heart failure.
- People who are having planned (non-emergency) surgery.
- People having surgery in one of these areas: orthopaedic (bones/joints), traumatology (injury-related), vascular (blood vessels), spinal, thoracic (chest), neurosurgical (brain/nerves), urological (urinary system), or abdominal/digestive organ surgery.
- People who have given their consent to participate.
Who may not be able to join:
- People who do not wish to take part.
- People who have had heart surgery, cardiac arrest, a heart attack, a heart valve procedure, or a cardiac catheter ablation within the 14 days before their planned surgery, or whose planned surgery involves the heart, or whose surgery requires a heart-lung bypass machine.
- People having plastic or reconstructive surgery, eye surgery, dental surgery, hand surgery, or ear, nose, and throat surgery.
- People with chronic kidney failure who are on dialysis, unless the surgery being performed is a kidney transplant.
- People with moderate to severe dementia.
- People who have already been enrolled in this study within the past year.
Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.
Based on publicly available eligibility criteria from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before acting. This is not medical advice.
Contact this trial
Principal Investigator: Christian Müller, MD, Prof, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Phone: +41 61 328 6549
Contact details sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Verify directly with the trial site before attending.
GP referral letter
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Trial details
Where this trial is recruiting
Primary endpoints
Perioperative myocardial infarction/injury (PMI); Major adverse cardiac and cerebral events (MACCE); Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF); Documentation and quantification of the frequency and duration of tachyarrhythmia, bradycardia, hypotension, hypertension, and/or hypoxaemia.; Comparison of the incidence and prognostic impact of PMI detected by using different troponin assays; Using biomarkers as tools for prediction of major cardiac complications in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery
Can't join this trial?
Data last synced from ClinicalTrials.gov: 12 July 2026. Trial status can change. Always verify current status directly with the trial site before making any decision.