# Necessity of Using Pleural Drainage Tubes After IMA Harvesting During Cardiac Surgery

> **NCT02147821** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Calgary** · enrollment: 162 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pleural Effusions Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** No Pleural Chest Tube

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02147821
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Calgary
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-08
- **Primary completion:** 2017-11
- **Final completion:** 2018-03
- **Target enrollment:** 162 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-05-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02147821

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02147821, "Necessity of Using Pleural Drainage Tubes After IMA Harvesting During Cardiac Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02147821. Licensed CC0.

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