Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02722889
Aortic Elongation and Dissection
Ascending Aortic Length in Relation to Age and the Occurrence of Type A Aortic Dissection
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 298 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Aim of this study is to measure length of the ascending aorta in adults and to investigate the clinical implication of 'elongation' of the aorta.
Detailed description
Regarding to aortic geometry, attention is often drawn to aortic diameters since an increase in these diameters (e.g. aneurysm) can lead to life-threatening complications such as dissection and/or rupture. In daily practice however (e.g. imaging reports), the investigators often encounter patients with elongation of the ascending aorta. Little is known about the length of the proximal aorta. Furthermore, the clinical implications of an elongated aorta are unknown.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-12-01
- Completion
- 2017-01-01
- First posted
- 2016-03-30
- Last updated
- 2017-03-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Netherlands
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02722889. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.