# Brain Tissue Oxygen Saturation and Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery

> **NCT00879463** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Larissa University Hospital** · enrollment: 150 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Blood Transfusion
- Cardiac Surgery

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Brain tissue oxygen saturation monitoring
- **PROCEDURE:** Transfusion according to the anesthesiologist's judgement

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00879463
- **Lead sponsor:** Larissa University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2009-06
- **Primary completion:** 2010-12
- **Final completion:** 2012-04
- **Target enrollment:** 150 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2012-07-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00879463

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00879463, "Brain Tissue Oxygen Saturation and Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-31 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00879463. Licensed CC0.

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