Systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between intraluminal thrombus volume and abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture

We thank Takagi et  al for their additional analyses related to the systematic review we reported.1 Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) size has previously been shown to be strongly correlated with intraluminal thrombus (ILT) volume and we agree this is an important confounding factor when examining the association betwe en ILT volume and AAA rupture.2 We therefore performed a subanalysis that included studies that matched for AAA size.1 That analysis actually included a total of 181 participants, not 77 as stated by Takagi et al.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research