Aortic Dissection

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Aortic Dissection

Aortic dissection is a tear in the aortic intima allowing blood into the media. Type A (ascending aorta) — surgical emergency. Type B (descending) — medical management initially.

aortic dissection Stanford Type A dissection DeBakey dissection
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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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Nordic Consortium for Acute Type a Aortic Dissection-2

NCT06862583

The Nordic Consortium for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection-2 (NORCAAD-2) is a multicenter research collaboration involving up to 19 units in the Nordic countries and one in The Netherlands. All patients referred for this condition is include…

RECRUITING NA

IMPRoving Outcomes in Vascular DisEase - Aortic Dissection

NCT06087029

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether an upfront invasive strategy of TEVAR plus medical therapy reduces the occurrence of a composite endpoint of all-cause death or major aortic complications compared to an upfront conse…

RECRUITING N/A

Valved Graft PMCF Study

NCT04754217

Multicenter, global, prospective, non-randomized, interventional, post-market trial. All subjects enrolled will receive an Abbott Valved Graft device.

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Hemiarch vs Extended Arch in Type 1 Aortic Dissection

NCT03885635

HEADSTART is a prospective, open-label, non-blinded, multicenter, randomized controlled trial that compares a composite of mortality and re-intervention in patients undergoing hemiarch and extended arch repair for acute DeBakey type 1 aort…

RECRUITING NA

Driving Pressure-guided Lung Protective Ventilation

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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