New device tested to repair dangerous aortic tears

NCT ID NCT03033043

Summary

This study is testing a medical device called the RelayPro thoracic stent-graft for people with a dangerous tear in their aorta called an acute, complicated type B aortic dissection. The device is inserted through blood vessels to reinforce the weakened artery wall. Researchers are measuring whether patients survive the procedure and how well the device works to control the dissection over time.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Buffalo General Medical Center

    Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States

  • Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

    Roanoke, Virginia, 24014, United States

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States

  • Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Hartford Hospital

    Hartford, Connecticut, 06102, United States

  • Lankenau Medical Center

    Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, 19096, United States

  • Medical College of WI, Vascular Surgery

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Medstar Washington Hospital Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Providence Heart Institute

    Portland, Oregon, 97213, United States

  • Sentara Heart Hospital

    Norfolk, Virginia, 22042, United States

  • St. Vincent Heart Center

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46260, United States

  • USC Department of Surgery

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • University Hospitals

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • University of Colorado Denver

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Maryland Medical Center (UMB)

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

  • University of Michigan Health System

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-5868, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania Medical Center / Penn Presbyterian

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • University of Washington

    Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

  • Yale School of Medicine

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States

Conditions

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