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

• Published in: European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 890 - 897
• Main Authors: Grima, Matthew J., Behrendt, Christian-Alexander, Vidal-Diez, Alberto, Altreuther, Martin, Björck, Martin, Boyle, Jonathan R., Eldrup, Nikolaj, Karthikesalingam, Alan, Khashram, Manar, Loftus, Ian, Schermerhorn, Marc, Setacci, Carlo, Szeberin, Zoltán, Debus, Sebastian, Venermo, Maarit, Holt, Peter, Mani, Kevin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Abdominal aortic aneurysms; Aneurysm; Diameter; Mortality; Registries; Ruptured aortic; Surgery; Registries; Ruptured aortic; Abdominal aortic aneurysms; Mortality; Diameter; Aneurysm

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. Data on in...