Endovascular Repair for the Descending Thoracic Aorta

NCT02376998 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2016-10-07

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Summary

Most blunt aortic injuries occur in the proximal proximal descending aorta causing acute transection of this vessel. Generally, surgical repair of the ruptured segment of aorta is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality and in this view endovascular treatment seems to be a valid and safer alternative. Aim of this study is to review the experience of a single center with endovascular approach for the treatment of acute traumatic rupture of descending thoracic aorta

Conditions

  • Aorta Thoracic; Traumatic Rupture

Interventions

DEVICE

Valiant™ endoluminal procedure

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair with Endoluminal stent-graft placement (Valiant™ endoluminal stent-graft systems (Medtronic Inc., Santa Rosa, CA, USA) will be performed as follows: The diameter of the stent graft will be calculated from the largest diameter of the proximal/distal neck with an oversizing factor of 10-20%. The procedures will be done with local or general anaesthesia in case of unstable pre-operative hemodynamic conditions. After the procedure will be completed, a digital subtraction angiography and echocardiography with color-flow mapping were performed to verify the correct positioning of the stent and to detect any primary endoleak.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Catanzaro

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-11-30
Primary Completion
2014-11-30
Completion
2015-02-28

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