endovascular repair
What’s the denominator? An 8-year audit of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm outcomes, including rates of conservative and palliative management
Introduction In the UK, more than 4,900 deaths annually are attributed to aortic pathologies,1 with aneurysms and dissections being the leading causes, particularly in men over 65. Aneurysms, often undetectable until rupture, are at higher risk of rupturing if they exhibit pain, increase in size by more than 1 cm/year or have diameters larger than…
Read MoreUnderstanding variation in the management of AAA in the UK: composition and function of multidisciplinary team meetings and information resources provided to patients
Introduction There is marked national1,2 and international3 variation in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair practice and, more specifically, in the proportion of patients undergoing open surgical repair (OSR), endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) or no repair (conservative management). In 2022, the UK National Vascular Registry (NVR) reported that 59% of 2,744 patients undergoing repair of infrarenal…
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