Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1165-1171 , June 2008

Expanding use of emergency endovascular repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: Disparities in outcomes from a nationwide perspective

Presented at the Twenty-second Annual Meeting of the Western Vascular Society, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, Sep 8-11, 2007.

Received 23 October 2007 ,Accepted 26 January 2008.

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    Percentage of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA) that underwent endovascular repair.

    Percentage of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA) that underwent endovascular repair.

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    Mortality rate of open (gray bars) vs endovascular (EVAR, black bars) repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA).

    Mortality rate of open (gray bars) vs endovascular (EVAR, black bars) repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA).

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    Mortality rate of open (gray bars) vs endovascular repair (EVAR, black bars) of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in teaching and nonteaching hospitals.

    Mortality rate of open (gray bars) vs endovascular repair (EVAR, black bars) of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in teaching and nonteaching hospitals.

 Competition of interest: none.

 The opinions expressed are the authors' and authors' alone. They do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the United States Government, the US Department of Defense, or Madigan Army Medical Center.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00193-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.055

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1165-1171 , June 2008

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