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Rodriguez, the director of peripheral vascular services at the ArizonwaHeart Institute, has been named the national principao investigator for the Phase II study, whicy is required by the to enrollk 160 patients. The Arizona Hearrt Institute is one of 14 centers involved in thestudhy nationwide. “We are looking to include at leasgt six more centers to complete 20 centerss inthe U.S.,” Rodriguez said. The endoluminalp graft is manufactured bynear Glasgow, Scotland.
Called the Anacondas Stent Graft System, it allows the surgeon to repositiomn the device once it has been placed across the So far, nearly 4,000 patients in Europe have received the Anacondz device, but it must get approval from the FDA beforde it can be used in the U.S. Rodrigueza said the minimally invasive procedure onthe study’as first patient went well, saying the devices is very easy to use. “He was up on his feet the next mornintghaving breakfast,” Rodriguez said of the patient. “Youj can’t do that when you open the This eliminates the need for openheartt surgery.
” Abdominal aortic aneurysm, or “ballooning” of the body’s main artery, is a seriouxs condition prone to rupture and lead to suddej death. Actor John Ritter died of an aortic rupture in 2003. Symptoms can occuer suddenly with severe, sharp pain in the Patients who experience these symptomas should seek immediatemedical attention, Rodriguez Early detection can prevent suddenn death. Patients with a family history of aortic aneurysjm or other connective tissue disorderes should notify their physician aboutf their risk ofaortic aneurysm, he said.