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Project Summary
The Collaborative Acute Aortic Syndrome Project (CAASP) is a multi-centre service evaluation project to understand current acute aortic syndrome (AAS) pathways. The main objective of this study is to outline the current national and international diagnostic and management pathways for AAS, and inform and facilitate improvements in clinical practice.
Awarded the "Best Overall Presentation" prize for the BSIR ASM 2023!
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The details
Study design
Retrospective Multicentre Cohort
Study participants
Patients with acute aortic syndrome imaging diagnosis
Primary objective
Time from symptom onset to hospital admission/ imaging diagnosis/ management and 30 day/ 6 month mortality rate
Inclusion criteria
All acute aortic syndrome (AAS) diagnoses. Acute Type A or Type B aortic dissection, or penetrating aortic ulcer or intramural haematoma
Exclusion criteria
Traumatic or iatrogenic aortic injury, chronic AAS pathology
Sample size
620
Follow up duration
6 months
Planned study period
01/01/2018-01/06/2021
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Presentation
/publications:
Best BSIR oral presentation 2023
Paper published in British Journal of Surgery Open Sep 2024
doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae096. PMID: 39298295
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