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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Data on abdominal aortic aneurysm discussed by researchers at University of Nottingham

Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, December 23rd, 2007

According to a study from Nottingham, the United Kingdom, "Recent studies have suggested that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) may reduce the perioperative mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Whether EVAR confers any long-term survival advantage over published results for open repair of ruptured AAA has not been established."

"We conducted a single-center retrospective study over a 10-year period (1994-2004) examining the long-term outcome of patients who have undergone endovascular repair of ruptured AAA. Fifty-four patients underwent endovascular repair of a ruptured AAA. The median age was 75 years (interquartile range 69.5-79.5 years); 42 (78%)...

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