# Respiratory Variations of the Diameter of Superior Vena Cava for Predicting Fluid Responsiveness After Cardiac Surgery

> **NCT03393897** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne** · enrollment: 56 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Vena Cava Superior

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Trans oesophageal echocardiography
- **OTHER:** Trendelenburg test

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03393897
- **Lead sponsor:** Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-01-03
- **Primary completion:** 2018-10-31
- **Final completion:** 2018-10-31
- **Target enrollment:** 56 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-12-19


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03393897

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03393897, "Respiratory Variations of the Diameter of Superior Vena Cava for Predicting Fluid Responsiveness After Cardiac Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03393897. Licensed CC0.

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