Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1396-1400 , December 2008

Mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm treated with open or endovascular repair

  • Eric L. Verhoeven, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Eric L. G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, PO Box 30,001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Marten R. Kapma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Henk Groen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Ignace F. Tielliu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Clark J. Zeebregts, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Foppe Bekkema, RN, MANP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Jan J. van den Dungen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 9 May 2008 ,Accepted 15 July 2008.

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    Number of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm treated by open means and by endovascular repair (EVAR) according to hemodynamic stability at arrival in emergency department. SBP, Systolic

    Number of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm treated by open means and by endovascular repair (EVAR) according to hemodynamic stability at arrival in emergency department. SBP, Systolic blood pressure.

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    Percentage of patients evaluated for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR, diamonds) and treated by EVAR (squares) during the study period.

    Percentage of patients evaluated for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR, diamonds) and treated by EVAR (squares) during the study period.

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    Selection for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR, gray bars) and open repair (black bars) by individual vascular surgeon, with total number of treated patients between brackets.

    Selection for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR, gray bars) and open repair (black bars) by individual vascular surgeon, with total number of treated patients between brackets.

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    Kaplan-Meier survival curve for patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm treated with endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR (solid line) and open repair (dotted line) (P = .24, SE >10% at 3 years

    Kaplan-Meier survival curve for patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm treated with endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR (solid line) and open repair (dotted line) (P = .24, SE >10% at 3 years for EVAR and 4 years for open repair).

 Competition of interest: Dr Verhoeven has received consulting fees and research grants from William Cook Europe and W. L. Gore and Associates.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01192-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.07.054

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 1396-1400 , December 2008

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