Key Clinical Points Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Risk factors for abdominal
aortic aneurysm include advanced age, male sex, family history, previous or current use of …

Decision-making in regard to elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) requires
careful assessment of factors that influence rupture risk, operative mortality, and life …

Background Although the initial results of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic
aneurysms were promising, current evidence from controlled studies does not convincingly …

Background Two randomized trials have shown better outcomes with elective endovascular
repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms than with conventional open repair in the first month …

Background Whether elective endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm reduces
long-term morbidity and mortality, as compared with traditional open repair, remains …

Background For patients with large abdominal aortic aneurysms, randomized trials have
shown an initial overall survival benefit for elective endovascular repair over conventional …

Objective Randomized trials have shown an initial survival benefit of endovascular over
conventional open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair but no long-term difference up to 6 …

Purpose: Over the past 20 years, there have been numerous advances in our ability to
detect and to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). We hypothesized that these …

BACKGROUND: Several studies, including three randomized controlled trials (RCTs), have
shown that endovascular repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) offered better …

Background Randomized trials and observational studies have shown that perioperative
morbidity and mortality are lower with endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm …