[Correspondence] Abdominal aortic aneurysms in women – Authors' reply

We thank Kosmas Paraskevas for his interest in our study.1 The practice of medicine should be based on the best available evidence.2 The best evidence for when women lose their morphological suitability for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) comes from the study of Sweet and colleagues,3 which showed that attenuation of the proportion of women suitable for EVAR comes only after the 5 ·5 cm threshold has been reached.

Source: LANCET - October 6, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Janet T Powell, Pinar Ulug, Michael J Sweeting, Regula S von Allmen, Simon G Thompson Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research