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Comparison of Long-term Survival After Open vs Endovascular Repair of Intact Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Rubie Sue Jackson, David C. Chang, Julie A. Freischlag JAMA, 2012, 307(15):1621-1628. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.453

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This large US AAA retrospective database study of 4529 patients over 65 years of age who had open vs endovascular AAA repair offers some interesting points.

The cohort are in their 70's, open AAA were more common in emergency presentations, and otherwise the background...


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