Invited commentary

Endovascular interventions for aortic aneurysmal disease in the elective, urgent, and emergent settings have accelerated in the last decade, with multiple groups reporting improved outcomes compared with the historical standard of open intervention. This has benefited patients and their families. Starnes et  al1 also pointed out the need to stratify emergent patients into survivable and nonsurvivable and advocated for the employment of a third arm, that of palliative care for the patient presenting with a ruptured aortic aneurysm and meeting nonsurvivable criteria.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Clinical research study Source Type: research