Preliminary experience of Castor clinical trial / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effectiveness and safety of Castor,a kind of aortic arch bifurcated stent-graft,during the treatment of aortic disease.Methods From 2013 June to 2014 February,12 patients including 9 aorta dissections,2 aorta aneurysms and 1 aorta penetrating ulcer,were treated by Castor system.Results The operation successful rate was 100％ with no type Ⅰendoleak.Perioperative mortality was 0,and no serious complications such as strokes,acute myocardial infarction,and ischemia of arms.Computed tomography angiography (CTA) of aorta on the sixth month presented good result of the disease.Conclusions Castor stent system can effectively reconstruct left subclavian artery in the treatment of aortic disease by thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR).A much longer period observation with more patients will give ones the long term results in the future.