Contemporary Outcomes of Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Patients Deemed Unfit for Open Surgical Repair

Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is preferred to open surgical repair (OSR) for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in high-risk patients. We sought to compare perioperative and long-term outcomes for EVAR in patients designated as unfit for OSR using a large national dataset.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - October 4, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Heepeel Chang, Caron B. Rockman, Glenn R. Jacobowitz, Bhama Ramkhelawon, Neal S. Cayne, Frank J. Veith, Virenda I. Patel, Karan Garg Source Type: research