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Publish Date: 2006/04/04
Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 491-498
Abstract
Purpose Endovascular repair EVR of abdominal aortic aneurysm is increasingly used for both elective and emergency patients We evaluated if a difference exists in baseline and rate of change of the aortic neck diameter between nonruptured and ruptured AAA following EVR Material and methods Details of patients undergoing elective Group 1 and emergency Group 2 EVR between October 1998 and December 2004 were retrieved from the Endovascular Database of the Belfast City Hospital Top neck diameters were recorded on the database prospectively from computerised tomographic scans Measurements were taken preoperatively and at 1 3 12 24 months postoperatively The rate of change of the aortic neck diameter mm/month was
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