# Effects of Monopolar Electrocautery Use During Surgery on Implanted Cardiac Defibrillators

> **NCT01572246** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Oregon Health and Science University** · enrollment: 167 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Heart Failure
- Tachycardia, Ventricular

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Optimal placement of return pad

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01572246
- **Lead sponsor:** Oregon Health and Science University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-05
- **Primary completion:** 2016-09-14
- **Final completion:** 2016-09-14
- **Target enrollment:** 167 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-02-24

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01572246

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01572246, "Effects of Monopolar Electrocautery Use During Surgery on Implanted Cardiac Defibrillators". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01572246. Licensed CC0.

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