Active clinical trials for "Aneurysm"

Sub arachnoid hemorrhage consecutive to intracranial aneurysm rupture is a devastating disease. Predictors of intracranial aneurysm rupture are limited and focus mainly on size and location. Platelet activation may have a deleterious role on aneurysm rupture. The assumption is that patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysm will present a higher rate of platelet activation compared to patients with non ruptured aneurysms.

The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a redefinition of healthcare system to increase the number of available intensive care units for COVID-19 patients. This leads to the postponing of elective surgeries including the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The probabilistic rupture risk index (PRRI) recently showed its advantage over the diameter criterion in AAA rupture risk assessment. Its major improvement is in increased specificity and yet has the same sensitivity as the maximal diameter criterion. The objective of this study was to test the clinical applicability of the PRRI diagnostic method in a quasi-prospective observational patient cohort study.

Superficial cerebral veins findings in assessment of brain swelling in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage who underwent intravenenous DSA examinations

The infection rate of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is unknown due to a lack of epidemiological data. The rate currently available comes from researches conducted decades ago, when open surgery was the standard of care. Because of the potentially fatal consequences of a stent graft infection in the thoracic aorta, the investigators tend to prescribe antibiotic prophylaxis for at least three days. In this study, the investigators are going to collect data on patients receiving TEVAR in the past five years and provide the following information: a. the infection rate (MAGIC classification), b. the rate of fever, c. the results of the lab tests, such as the WBC count and C-reaction protein. d. risk factors associated with infection and fever.

After endovascular treatment of the intracranial aneurysm, recanalization may occur, with a risk of recurrent subarachnoid haemorrhage or long-term angiographic recurrences of aneurysms. Few data exist on patients' long-term follow-up after subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by ruptured intracranial aneurysms.

Single arm study to evaluate the outcomes of treatment with the Barrel VRD device as an adjunctive treatment to coiling for wide neck, intracranial, bifurcating/branching aneurysms in the middle cerebral and basilar arteries.

Cordis Self Expanding Stent for use with embolic coils for the treatment of wide-neck, intracranial, saccular aneurysms arising from a parent vessel

The investigators want to test a navigation system for guidance during insertion of stent graft in abdominal aortic aneurysms. The navigation system consists of software developed by SINTEF Health, a custom made catheter with a micro position sensor in the tip and an emitter than induces an electromagnetic field around the patient. Preoperative CT- and intraoperative DynaCT- data are reconstructed into 3 dimensional images. The 3 dimensional images are loaded into the navigation system. Then the magnetic field, in which the patient finds himself, is calibrated with the 3 dimensional images. When the catheter is inserted into the iliac artery and aorta, the position sensor (in the tip of the catheter) is displayed in real time at the exact anatomic location in the 3 dimensional image. Null hypothesis (H0): Insertion of stent graft is performed equally satisfactorily with fluoroscopy alone as with both fluoroscopy and new navigation technology Alternative hypothesis (H2): Insertion of stent graft is NOT performed equally satisfactorily with fluoroscopy alone as with both fluoroscopy and new navigation technology

This prospective, multi-center, non-randomized, single-blinded, open-label, single-arm, comparator study will enroll up to 100 eligible subjects from multiple sites undergoing LAAC procedure to evaluate the safety and performance of the KALPA™ mapping, imaging and navigation device in patients undergoing Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC).

Alzheimer's disease represents a growing public health problem in developed countries. Although the pathogenesis is not clearly defined, accumulation of extracellular amyloid, neurofibrillary tangles and neuronal loss are the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. The effect of anesthetic agents on changes in these proteins in humans is not well characterized, but in-vitro evidence suggests that anesthetic agents can accelerate potential pathogenic mechanisms, such as increasing amyloid formation or rates of apoptosis in cultured cells and increasing amyloid levels in mice. Human data on the effect of anesthetic agents on amyloid and tau proteins is limited to a small series of 11 patients and showed a significant increase in tau levels after exposure to anesthetics. In this study the investigators propose to measure CSF and serum biomarkers in a population of patients with normal CSF dynamics, who are undergoing surgery for repair of a thoracoabdominal aneurysm. The investigators will also obtain preliminary data on whether changes in CSF levels of these proteins are associated with postoperative delirium or cognitive change.