Ereth et al. showed in 1992, using transesophageal echocardiography, that the implantation of a hip prosthesis may be complicated by intracardiac embolization of various origin. A patent foramen ovale exists in approximately one fifth of the population; it facilitates the passage of embolus from the right heart to the left one and then especially to the coronary vessels and to the brain. The hypothesis supported in this research is that the prevalence of postoperative complications, especially neurological ones, is increased after surgery for hip fracture when patients have a patent foramen ovale.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
41
A transthoracic echocardiography is performed to discover a patent foramen ovale
Institut Hospitalier Franco-Britannique
Levallois-Perret, France
CHU
Rennes, France
Number of participants with postoperative complications probably related to the presence of a patent foramen ovale
Complications probably related to the presence of a patent foramen ovale
Time frame: First postoperative week
Number of participants with postoperative complications probably not related to the presence of a patent foramen ovale
Complications probably not related to the presence of a patent foramen ovale
Time frame: First postoperative week
Number of days before walking without help
Time frame: One year
Number of days at home during the first postoperative year
Number of days of stay at home
Time frame: one year
Mortality
Time frame: Three months and one year
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