Off-label use of medication may be presented in these guidelines if a sufficient level of
evidence shows that it can be considered medically appropriate to a given condition and if …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture is an important cause of death in adults. Currently,
the only treatment for AAA is open or endovascular surgical repair. In most parts of the …

Members of this Guideline Writing Committee (GWC) were selected by the European Society
for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) to represent physicians involved in the management of patients …

Background Elective endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm results in lower
perioperative mortality than traditional open repair, but after 4 years this survival advantage …

Of the clinical practice guideline of the Japanese Circulation Society concerning aortic
diseases, the Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Dissection (first edition) were …

An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized dilatation of the infrarenal aorta. AAA is a
multifactorial disease, and genetic and environmental factors play a part; smoking, male sex …

Objective This study synthesized the literature comparing the long-term (5-9 years) and very
long-term (≥ 10 years) all-cause mortality, reintervention, and secondary rupture rates …

Background Prognosis for women with abdominal aortic aneurysm might be worse than the
prognosis for men. We aimed to systematically quantify the differences in outcomes between …

Endovascular abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysm repair and are widely used to treat
increasingly complex aneurysms. Secondary endoleaks, defined as those detected more …

Background Surgical audit, sometimes including public reporting, is an important foundation
of high quality health care. We aimed to assess the validity of a novel outcome metric, days …