Assessment of Correlation Between Mean Size of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm at Time of Intact Repair Against Repair and Rupture Rate in Nine Countries

This study aimed to analyse the mean abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diameter for repair in nine countries, and to determine variation in mean AAA diameter for elective AAA repair and its relationship to rupture AAA repair rates and aneurysm related mortality in corresponding populations.

Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - March 22, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Matthew J. Grima, Christian-Alexander Behrendt, Alberto Vidal-Diez, Martin Altreuther, Martin Bj örck, Jonathan R. Boyle, Nikolaj Eldrup, Alan Karthikesalingam, Manar Khashram, Ian Loftus, Marc Schermerhorn, Carlo Setacci, Zoltán Szeberin, Sebastian Deb Tags: Observational Study Source Type: research