Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1150-1154 , June 2008

Endovascular technology, hospital volume, and mortality with abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

Received 12 October 2007 ,Accepted 26 January 2008.

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    Increasing proportion of abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs performed by an endovascular approach (2001 to 2003). Age 65 to 75, squares; age 76 to 85, triangles; age >85, circles.

    Increasing proportion of abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs performed by an endovascular approach (2001 to 2003). Age 65 to 75, squares; age 76 to 85, triangles; age >85, circles.

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    Proportion of abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs performed by an endovascular approach across total hospital volume categories (2001 to 2003).

    Proportion of abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs performed by an endovascular approach across total hospital volume categories (2001 to 2003).

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    Relationship of patient age to in-hospital mortality after open and endovascular aneurysm repair. Age 65 to 75, light gray; age 76 to 85, medium gray; age >85, black.

    Relationship of patient age to in-hospital mortality after open and endovascular aneurysm repair. Age 65 to 75, light gray; age 76 to 85, medium gray; age >85, black.

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    Relationship of total hospital volume to operative mortality for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

    Relationship of total hospital volume to operative mortality for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

 Competition of interest: Dr Dimick has served as a paid research consultant for the Leapfrog Group, a coalition of private payers, who advocate selective referral to high-volume hospitals for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and other high-risk operations.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00192-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.054

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1150-1154 , June 2008

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