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Lead
IRCCS San Raffaele
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients with ≥ 18 years of age;
Patients presenting with an acute (up to two weeks from the onset) and subacute (between 3 and 12 weeks from the onset) type B dissection with a proximal suitable non-dissected landing zone in the aortic arch or descending thoracic aorta (supra-aortic trunks debranching may be employed to obtain an adequate proximal landing zone);
Total aortic diameter of the abdominal aorta (from supra-celiac to infra-renal level) must not exceed 42 mm;
Patients able to sign specific informed consent for the study.
You may not be if
Patients with chronic type B aortic dissection (more than 12 weeks from the onset);
Patients with acute type B aortic dissection not treated according to the following treatment protocol;
Unwilling or unable to comply with the follow-up schedule;
Inability or refusal to give informed consent;
Simultaneously participating in another investigative device or drug study;
Frank rupture;
Systemic infection (eg, sepsis);
Allergy to stainless steel, polyester, solder (tin, silver), polypropylene, nitinol, or gold;
Untreatable reaction to contrast, which, in the opinion of the investigator, cannot be adequately premedicated;
Surgical or endovascular AAA repair within 30 days before or after dissection repair;
Previous placement of a thoracic endovascular graft;
Prior open repair involving the descending thoracic aorta, including the supra-renal aorta and/or arch;
Interventional and/or open surgical procedures (unrelated to dissection) within 30 days before or after dissection repair.
Clareo Health | Registry of Patients With Acute/Subacute Type B Aortic Dissection Treated by Means of the STABILISE Technique (STABILISE)
