The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissections (IRAD) is a consortium of research centers that are evaluating the current management and outcomes of acute aortic dissection. It was established in 1996, and currently has 30 large referral centers in 11 countries participating in the registry. The main purpose of IRAD is to assess the etiological factors, modes of presentation, clinical features, treatment, and hospital outcomes of patients with acute aortic dissection around the world.
Everything from dates and times of symptom onset, presentation, diagnosis, hemodynamic signs of aortic dissection, initial and chronic medical therapy, diagnostic imaging chosen, and surgical and medical management is being studied.
Creation of working groups to identify new breakthroughs in diagnosis and treatment have just been developed including groups targeting: the genetic basis of aortic dissection; use of acute and chronic biomarkers; best surgical approach; best medical approach; how patients should be followed; and what is the proper role for percutaneous stent graft therapy.
The University of Michigan Health System is the Coordinating Center. IRAD currently has data on 3800 acute aortic dissection cases. IRAD is supported by grants from W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., the Varbedian Aortic Research Fund, the Hewlett Foundation, the Mardigian Foundation, the UM Faculty Group Practice, and Terumo.
For more information about IRAD, please visit http://www.med.umich.edu/cvc/research/mcorrp/mcorirad.htm.
The following is a list of sites around the world involved with the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissections. This list does not represent the only hospitals that can care for aortic dissections, and there are many excellent hospitals that will care for an aortic dissection. Please see our Treatment page for a list of Centers of Excellence.
- University of Michigan Hospital, USA
- Mayo Clinic, USA
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, USA
- University of Rostock, Germany
- Hadassah University Hospital, Israel
- Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Spain
- Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Spain
- Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
- University of Tokyo, Japan
- University Hospital S. Orsola, Italy
- Robert-Bosch Krankenhaus, Germany
- University of Massachusetts Hospital, USA
- St. Michael's Hospital, Canada
- IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy
- Tromso University Hospital, Norway
- Hopital Bichat, France
- Medical University of Graz, Austria
- Minneapolis Heart Institute, USA
- University of Pennsylvania, USA
- University of Vienna, Austria
- Washington University, USA
- Duke University Medical Center, USA
- University of Salerno, Italy
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, USA
- University of Calgary, Canada
- University of Colorado, USA
- University of Pittsburgh, USA
- University of Virginia, USA
- University of Minnesota Physicians Heart Practice, USA
- University of Chicago, USA
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
- University of Maryland, USA
- Henry Ford Health System, USA
- Advocate Health, USA
- Medanta the Medicity, India
- Mission Health, USA
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
- The Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
- Toronto General Hospital, Canada
- University of Washington, USA
- North Shore - LIJ Health System, USA
- Emory University, USA
- Monaldi Hospital, Italy
- Houston Methodist Hospital, USA
- University of Wisconsin, USA
- Policlinico di Monza Hospital, Italy
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA
- Baylor College of Medicine, USA
- University of Texas, USA
- University of Florida, USA
- Radboud University Medical Center, USA
| Khaled Abdul-Nour, Henry Ford Health System | Detroit, MI, United States |
| Jehangir Appoo, University of Calgary | Calgary, AB, Canada |
| George Arnaoutakis, University of Florida | Gainesville, FL, United States |
| Andrea Ballotta, IRCCS Policinico San Donato | San Donato, Italy |
| Joseph Bavaria, University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania, PA, United States |
| Joshua Beckman, Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, MA, United States |
| Anil Bhan, Medanta the Medicity | Gurgaon, India |
| Jean Bismuth, Methodist Hospital System | Huston, TX, United States |
| Marc Bonaca, Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, MA, United States |
| Eduardo Bossone, University of Salerno | Salerno, Italy |
| Alan Braverman, Washington University | St. Louis, MO, United States |
| Derek Brinster, North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System | New York City, NY, United States |
| Edward Chen, Emory University | Atlanta, GA, United States |
| Lori Conklin, University of Virginia Health System | Charlottesville, VA, United States |
| Joseph Coselli, Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX, United States |
| Alessandro Della Corte, Monaldi Hospital | Naples, Italy |
| Nilto De Oliveira, University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI, United States |
| Nimesh Desai, University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania, PA, United States |
| Carlo DeVincentiis, IRCCS Policinico San Donato | San Donato, Italy |
| Marco Di Eusanio, University of Medicine of Ancona | Ancona, Italy |
| Gianni Dialetto, Policlinico di Monza Hospital | Monza, Italy |
| Guiseppe DiBenedetto, University of Salerno | Salerno, Italy |
| Anthony Discipio, Darthmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | Lebanon, NH, United States |
| Kim Eagle, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI, United States |
| Hans-Henning Eckstein, The Technische Universitat Munchen | Munchen, Germany |
| Marek Ehrlich, University of Vienna | Vienna, Austria |
| Anthony Estrera, University of Texas | Houston, TX, United States |
| Arturo Evangelista, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron | Barcelona, Spain |
| Rossella Fattori, University Hospital S. Orsola | Bologna, Italy |
| Mark Fillinger, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | Lebanon, NH, United States |
| Alberto Forteza, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre | Madrid, Spain |
| James Froehlich, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI, United States |
| Dan Gilon, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Thomas Gleason, University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA, United States |
| Kevin Greason, Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN, United States |
| Kevin Harris, Minneapolis Heart Institute | Minneapolis, MN, United States |
| G. Chad Hughes, Duke University Medical Center | Durham, NC, United States |
| Stuart Hutchison, University of Calgary | Calgary, AB, Canada |
| Eric Isselbacher, Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA, United States |
| Guillaume Jondeau, Hopital Bichat | Paris, France |
| Clayton Kaiser, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN, United States |
| Ali Khoynezhad, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA, United States |
| Teresa Kieser, University of Calgary | Calgary, AB, Canada |
| Amit Korach, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Bradley Leshnower, Emory University | Atlanta, GA, United States |
| Luigi Lovato, University Hospital S. Orsola | Bologna, Italy |
| Hersh Maniar, Washington University | St. Louis, MO, United States |
| Emil Missov, University of Minnesota Physicians Heart Practice | Minneapolis, MN, United States |
| Marc Moon, Washington University | St. Louis, MO, United States |
| Firas Mussa, University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC, United States |
| Truls Myrmel, Tromso University Hospital | Tromso, Norway |
| Christoph Nienaber, The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust | London, United Kingdom |
| Peter Oberwalder, Medical University of Graz | Graz, Austria |
| Patrick O'Gara, Brigham & Women's Hospital | Boston, MA, United States |
| Takeyoshi Ota, University of Chicago | Chicago, IL, United States |
| Maral Ouzounian, Toronto General Hospital | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Davide Pacini, University Hospital S. Orsola | Bologna, Italy |
| Antonio Panza, University of Salerno | Salerno, Italy |
| Linda Pape, University of Massachusetts Hospital | Worcester, MA, United States |
| Pat Pappas, Advocate Health | Oak Lawn, IL, United States |
| Himanshu Patel, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI, United States |
| Mark Peterson, St. Michael's Hospital | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Reed Pyeritz, University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania, PA, United States |
| Vincenzo Rampoldi, IRCCS Policinico San Donato | Sydney, Australia |
| Fabio Ramponi, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | San Donato, Italy |
| Brett Reece, University of Colorado Hospital | Aurora, CO, United States |
| Benedikt Reutersberg, The Technische Universitat Munchen | Munich, Germany |
| Marc Schermerhorn, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA, United States |
| Udo Sechtem, Robert-Bosch Krankenhaus | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Sherene Shalhub, University of Washington | Seattle, WA, United States |
| P. Gabriel Steg, Hopital Bichat | Paris, France |
| Thoralf Sundt, Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA, United States |
| Toru Suzuki, University of Leicester | Leicester, United Kingdom |
| Bradley Taylor, University of Maryland | Baltimore, MD, United States |
| Valerio Tolva, Policlinico di Monza Hospital | Monza, Italy |
| Santi Trimarchi, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato | San Donato, Italy |
| Thomas Tsai, University of Colorado Hospital | Aurora, Co, United States |
| Gilbert Upchurch, University of Virginia Health System | Charlottesville, VA, United States |
| Roland Van Kimmenade, Radboud University Medical Center | Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
IRAD is constantly conducting research and publishing the results. Please see our Research page for the latest abstracts from our research. If you are interested in receiving the original article, please contact the author. If you would like to support our research, please see our donation page.