Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 712-716 , October 2006

External validation of the Glasgow Aneurysm Score to predict outcome in elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

  • Osama Hirzalla, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Marloes Emous, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Dirk Th Ubbink, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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  • Dink Legemate, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Prof. Dr. D. A. Legemate, Vascular Surgeon and Clinical Epidemiologist, Department of Surgery, G4–111, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Received 7 March 2006 ,Accepted 7 June 2006.

  • Image Result

    According to the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, the best cutoff point is for the Glasgow Aneurysm Score (GAS) for mortality is 76.5.

    According to the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, the best cutoff point is for the Glasgow Aneurysm Score (GAS) for mortality is 76.5.

  • Image Result

    According to the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, the best cutoff point for the Glasgow Aneurysm Score (GAS) for morbidity is 76.5.

    According to the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, the best cutoff point for the Glasgow Aneurysm Score (GAS) for morbidity is 76.5.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(06)01092-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.06.009

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 712-716 , October 2006