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Keep this study
Lead
IRCCS San Raffaele
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
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
You may not be if
Anatomy requiring sealing in the distal descending thoracic aorta may not be appropriate for a 50 cm sheath due to the risk of it being too short and the graft not reaching the intended landing zone;
Celiac trunk or superior mesenteric branch design that makes the graft excessively long;
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.
