Biomaterials collected for the AAA bank
Biomaterials | Inclusion | Surveillance phase | Surgical phase | Postoperative phase | Storage temperature |
Blood: EDTA plasma | Once | Max. 1/year | Once | Once: 1 year postoperative | ≤−80°C |
Blood: serum | Once | Max. 1/year | Once | Once: 1 year postoperative | ≤−80°C |
Blood: citrate plasma | Once | Max. 1/year | Once | Once: 1 year postoperative | ≤−80°C |
Blood: EDTA for DNA | Once | 4°C or ≤−20°C | |||
Blood: PAXgene for RNA | Once | ≤−80°C | |||
Urine | Once | Max. 1/year | Once | Once: 1 year postoperative | ≤−80°C |
Aneurysm tissue: frozen | Once | ≤−80°C | |||
Aneurysm tissue: FFPE | Once | Room temperature |
FFPE, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded.