Aortic aneurysm is dilation >50% of normal diameter. AAA (infrarenal aorta) is most common. Rupture is life-threatening. Repair at 5.5 cm (men) or 5.0 cm (women).
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An aneurysm is a bulge or "ballooning" in the wall of an artery. Arteries are blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to other parts of the body. If an aneurysm grows large, it can burst and cause dangerous bleeding or even death.Most aneurysms are in the aorta, the main artery that runs from the heart through the chest and abdomen.There are two types of aortic aneurysm:Thoracic aortic aneurysms (T…
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the comparison of physician-modified stent-graft created in 3D models versus custom-made devices in the treatment of complex abdominal aortic aneurysm
The purpose of this study is to see if physician modified endovascular grafts (PMEG) can be used safely for the treatment of aortic disorders. The surgeon will modify a commercially available graft tailored to the participant's anatomy for…
Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) repair is a high-risk surgical procedure accompanied by intense endocrine and metabolic responses to surgical stress, with subsequent activation of the inflammatory cascade, cytokine and acute-phase pro…
The Goal of this Clinical Study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Rapidlink device in the repair or replacement of the supra-aortic vessels during open surgical repair of aortic disease affecting the thoracic aorta. This s…
Shockwave TEVAR is a nonrandomized, prospective, international, multi-center, PMCF, obervational study. The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of the Shockwave™ Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy Balloon (Shockwave Medical Inc…
Multicenter retrospective study including all consecutive patients treated by PMEG using a standard modification technique of Valiant Captivia (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN-USA).
The primary objective of the clinical investigation is to assess the use of the Medtronic Valiant Thoracoabdominal Stent Graft System to repair thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms in patients having appropriate anatomy. The primary intent of…
This is a Prospective Registry study to collect imaging and clinical data both on patients with aortic aneurysm disease undergoing serial monitoring and on patients pre and post-endovascular repair, using ViTAA (The Sponsor) aortic mapping…
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