LiVES EVAR surveillance data analysis

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Liverpool Vascular & Endovascular Service: Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Surveillance Data Analysis v1.0

• IRAS ID

  232174

• Contact name

  Srinivasa Vallabhaneni

• Contact email

  fempop@liv.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 4 months, 26 days

• Research summary

  Liverpool Vascular & Endovascular Service is a City wide service providing vascular services to the residents to the greater Liverpool area. It is an internationally recognised provider in the area of endovascular aortic aneurysm surgery. Aortic aneurysms are a bulge in the main blood vessel in the abdomen, these can burst which often leads to death. Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a minimally invasive operation to prevent aortic aneurysms bursting. Patients who undergo EVAR require routine scans following the procedure to ensure it continues to function properly.\nThis research looks at totally anonymous data collected routinley in the care of patients from the LiVES service. It will try to identify ways of improve-ing the types and targeting of theses surveillance scans.

• REC name

  North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1

• REC reference

  17/NS/0088

• Date of REC Opinion

  29 Aug 2017

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion