Utilization of Confocal Microscopy During Cardiac Surgery

Summary

The investigators propose to translate confocal microscopy for use during open heart surgery. This tool will help discriminate between various types of tissues in the heart during surgery. One of the most feared complication after heart surgery is heart block. This flexible fiberoptic confocal microscope will help discriminate between the various types of tissues in the heart and thus help avoid injury to the conduction tissue during surgery.

Timeline

Start

2018-04-02

Primary completion

2019-03-04

Completion

2019-04-26

Publications

• Kaza AK, Mondal A, Piekarski B, Sachse FB, Hitchcock R. Intraoperative localization of cardiac conduction tissue regions using real-time fibre-optic confocal microscopy: first in human trial. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Aug 1;58(2):261-268. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa040.

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