Active clinical trials for "Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal"

The FENESTRATED AAA ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT WITH THE H&L-B ONE-SHOT™ INTRODUCTION SYSTEM is neither commercially available or available as part of a clinical trial. IRB approval of this protocol was requested so that Cook, Incorporated may apply to the FDA for approval for one-time use of this patient-specific device for compassionate use for patient AO. It is a custom made endovascular device consisting of4 fenestrations for the celiac, SMA (superior mesenteric) and left and right renal arteries.

To treat patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms requiring endovascular repair outside of the clinical protocol through compassionate use.

An evaluation of the TALENT Aortic Cuff in patients with existing AneuRx stent grafts who have experienced sub-optimal stent graft outcomes and are not deemed suitable candidates for treatment with an AneuRx Aortic Cuff.

Study purpose: This study will investigate anatomical factors associated with increased risk of major adverse aorta-related event and accelerated growth of abdominal aneurysm based on 3-dimensional analysis of CT images. Study design: a multicenter single-arm prospective observational study. Subject: patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysm with maximal diameter of 30-50 mm (n=323) Methods: Patients diagnosed with small AAA based on CT will be enrolled after considering inclusion and exclusion criteria and prospectively followed clinically and with CT at 1 year. Primary endpoint: Major adverse aorta-related events (death, aortic rupture, or aneurysm growth >0.4 cm per year) at 1 year Secondary endpoints: 1) clinical events : death, aortic rupture, aneurysm growth >0.4 cm per year, surgical or endovascular repair 2) Changes in CT parameters of aneurysm: diameter, volume, wall shear stress

Study of heterogeneity in associations between social deprivation and the initial presentation of 12 cardiovascular diseases.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm(AAA) occurs when the infrarenal aorta expands to a maximal diameter of 3.0cm or greater. Although AAA may asymptomatic for many years, almost one third eventually rupture if left untreated. Several randomized trials showed that ultrasonographic screening for AAA could reduce the frequency of acute operations and AAA-related mortality. However, all of randomized trials were performed in Western countries. There was no randomized trials for AAA screening in Asian countries. This randomized, controlled trial is to analyze the benefits of screening old population for AAA in Korea.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the contents in blood sampled from surgery site during hip replacement compared with blood sampled from abdominal aortic surgery. Is there any difference in pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α), complement activation (C3a)?

The MostCare system, thanks to the Pressure Recording Analytical Method (PRAM; Vygon, Padua, Italy), provides new hemodynamic parameters of the cardiovascular system. The PRAM method is a noncalibrated pulse contour method which requires only an arterial line (radial or femoral). This method has been validated in various clinical conditions. Among the collected parameters, some are well known and used daily care in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), i.e. cardiac output (CO), arterial pressure, heart rate, stroke volume (SV). Others such as arterial elastance (Ea) or dicrotic pressure are more recent and merit further investigation to determine their interest in clinical practice. To date, it is rarely used to adapt therapies, mostly because of a lack of knowledge regarding the evolution of these parameters. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between the evolution of Arterial Elastance and fluid responsiveness after a 250 mL fluid challenge of crystalloids in 5 minutes in patients with either septic shock or in the postoperative course of a major vascular surgery. Patients will be considered fluid responders if an increase >10% of the stroke volume is observed .

Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) aims to reduce the risk of aneurysm (AAA) rupture by reducing the blood pressure transmitted to the wall of the aneurysm. Aneurysms that remain pressurized despite EVAR may continue to grow, therefore requiring additional surgical interventions. The purpose of this study is to infer the reduction of pressure transmitted to the aneurysm wall by using intraoperative ultrasound ('M-Mode') to assess the pulsatility of the aneurysm wall. The hypothesis is that intraoperative reduction in aneurysm wall pulsatility after EVAR will correlate with improved aneurysm sac size reduction.

Serum uric acid level is a commonly measured biomarker. The association between serum uric acid level and the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases has been observed in some studies, while others showed controversial results. Estimation of this association may help to predict cardiovascular outcomes and may guide new treatment strategies. The hypothesis is that increased serum uric acid level is associated with a range of cardiovascular diseases.