Cardiovascular
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Aortic Aneurysm
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).
AAA
TAA
abdominal aortic aneurysm
thoracic aortic aneurysm
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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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I71.10
Thoracic aortic aneurysm, ruptured, unspecified
I71.30
Abdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured, unspecified
I71.31
Pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured
I71.32
Juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured
I71.33
Infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured
I71.50
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured, unspecified
I71.12
Aneurysm of the aortic arch, ruptured
I71.20
Thoracic aortic aneurysm, without rupture, unspecified
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NCT04797572
The objective of this study is to investigate safety and performance of the Free Margin Cusp sizer. The device will be used during aortic valve repair and sparing procedures as a caliper to measure the aortic valve free margin length at di…
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NCT07529275
fenCo is a European multicentre, prospective study to evaluate the use of the iCover covered stents as bridging stents for reno-visceral target vessel during fEVAR for the treatment of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms.
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NCT06361420
The study, named as "The Efficacy of Driving Pressure-guided Lung Protective Ventilation in Surgical Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: an open-label, randomized control clinical trial", aims to investigate whether driving pressure-…
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NCT07089576
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Arcevo LSA stent graft can safely and effectively treat patients that have an acute or chronic aortic dissection and/or aneurysm that involves the aortic arch and the descending thoracic a…
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NCT05774938
The goal of this prospective observational cohort study is to compare health related quality of life in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms treated by either standard or complex EVAR (endovascular aneurysm repair) devices. The main qu…
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NCT06044259
Acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection (ATAD) is one of the most lethal surgical emergencies. The conventional operative strategy is hemiarch replacement under cardiopulmonary bypass support to replace the diseased segment of the ascending…
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NCT05972018
The goal of this pilot study is to compare single shot rectus sheath blocks of liposomal bupivacaine/bupivacaine mixture to bilateral rectus sheath catheters infused with ropivacaine (standard of care at our facility) in patients undergoin…
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NCT03446287
This is a prospective, non-randomized, single center, data collection study of patients treated with open surgical repair (OR) for complex aortic aneurysms (CAAs).
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Aortic Aneurysm
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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Aneurysms
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 occur in the aorta, the main artery that runs from the heart through the chest and abdomen. Aneurysms also can happen in arteries in the brain, heart and o…
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