Editor's Choice – European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2019 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Abdominal Aorto-iliac Artery Aneurysms

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Michel, 2015, Editor's choice - thirty day outcomes of fenestrated and branched stent grafts versus open repair for complex aortic aneurysms, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 50, 189, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.04.012

Becquemin, 2011, ACE trialists. A randomized controlled trial of endovascular aneurysm repair versus open surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms in low-to-moderate-risk patients, J Vasc Surg, 53, 1167, 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.10.124

Blankensteijn, 2016, Very long-term follow-up (12–15 Years) of the Dutch randomized endovascular aneurysm repair management (DREAM) trial, J Vasc Surg, 63

Greenhalgh, 2004, Comparison of endovascular aneurysm repair with open repair in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR trial 1), 30-day operative mortality results: randomised controlled trial, Lancet, 364, 843, 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16979-1

2015, Endovascular strategy or open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: one-year outcomes from the IMPROVE randomized trial, Eur Heart J, 36, 2061, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv125

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2017, Comparative clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of endovascular strategy v open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: three year results of the IMPROVE randomised trial, BMJ, 359, j4859

Landon, 201028, Volume-outcome relationships and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, Circulation, 122, 1290, 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.949172

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Powell, 2017, Meta-analysis of individual-patient data from EVAR-1, DREAM, OVER and ACE trials comparing outcomes of endovascular or open repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm over 5 years, Br J Surg, 104, 166, 10.1002/bjs.10430

Schanzer, 2011, Predictors of abdominal aortic aneurysm sac enlargement after endovascular repair, Circulation, 123, 2848, 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.014902

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Zettervall, 2017, The effect of surgeon and hospital volume on mortality after open and endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms, J Vasc Surg, 65, 626, 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.09.036

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Bahia, 2015, The importance of structures and processes in determining outcomes for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: an international perspective, Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes, 1, 51, 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcv009

Ozdemir, 2015, Association of hospital structures with mortality from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, Br J Surg, 102, 516, 10.1002/bjs.9759

Dueck, 2004, Survival after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: effect of patient, surgeon, and hospital factors, J Vasc Surg, 39, 1253, 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.02.006

Cho, 2008, Contemporary results of open repair of ruptured abdominal aortoiliac aneurysms: effect of surgeon volume on mortality, J Vasc Surg, 48, 10, 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.02.067

Budtz-Lilly, 2018, The impact of centralisation and endovascular aneurysm repair on treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms based on international registries, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2018.01.014

Mandawat, 2012, Endovascular repair is associated with superior clinical outcomes in patients transferred for treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, J Endovasc Ther, 19, 88, 10.1583/11-3651.1

Park, 2013, Trends in treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: impact of endovascular repair and implications for future care, J Am Coll Surg, 216, 745, 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.12.028

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Ultee, 2015, The impact of endovascular repair on specialties performing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, J Vasc Surg, 62, 562, 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.03.042

Karthikesalingam, 2010, Risk of reintervention after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair, Br J Surg, 97, 657, 10.1002/bjs.6991

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Parkinson, 2015, Rupture rates of untreated large abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients unfit for elective repair, J Vasc Surg, 61, 1606, 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.10.023

Noronen, 2015, Quality assessment of elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair from referral to surgery, Vasa, 44, 115, 10.1024/0301-1526/a000416

EVAR trial participants, 2005, Endovascular aneurysm repair versus open repair in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR trial 1): randomised controlled trial, Lancet, 365, 2179, 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66627-5

EVAR trial participants, 2005, Endovascular aneurysm repair and outcome in patients unfit for open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR trial 2): randomised controlled trial, Lancet, 365, 2187, 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66628-7

Scott, 2016, Late survival in nonoperated patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 52, 444, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2016.05.008

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Mehta, 2006, Establishing a protocol for endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: outcomes of a prospective analysis, J Vasc Surg, 44, 1, 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.02.057

Moore, 2007, Improved survival after introduction of an emergency endovascular therapy protocol for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, J Vasc Surg, 45, 443, 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.11.047

Starnes, 2010, Management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in the endovascular era, J Vasc Surg, 51, 9, 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.038

Lachat, 2007, Innovations in the treatment of ruptured AAA may improve future outcome, Vasa, 36, 227, 10.1024/0301-1526.36.4.227

Veith, 2003, Endovascular grafts and other catheter-directed techniques in the management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, Semin Vasc Surg, 16, 326, 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2003.08.011

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Björck, 2014, Management of abdominal compartment syndrome and the open abdomen, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 47, 279, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.12.014

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Hafez, 2009, Advantage of a one-stop referral and management service for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, Br J Surg, 96, 1416, 10.1002/bjs.6783

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Mell, 2017, Western Vascular Society guidelines for transfer of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, J Vasc Surg, 65, 603, 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.10.097

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Freiberg, 2008, Abdominal aortic aneurysms, increasing infrarenal aortic diameter, and risk of total mortality and incident cardiovascular disease events: 10-year follow-up data from the Cardiovascular Health Study, Circulation, 117, 1010, 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.720219

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Sweeting, 2018, Analysis of clinical benefit, harms, and cost-effectiveness of screening women for abdominal aortic aneurysm, Lancet, 392, 487, 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31222-4

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Jacomelli, 2016, Impact of the first 5 years of a national aneurysm screening programme, Br J Surg, 103, 1125, 10.1002/bjs.10173

Jacomelli, 2016, Results of the first five years of the NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme in England, Br J Surg, 103, 1125, 10.1002/bjs.10173

Grondal, 2015, Baseline prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease and hypertension in men aged 65–74 years from a population screening study (VIVA trial), Br J Surg, 102, 902, 10.1002/bjs.9825

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Ulug, 2016, Meta-analysis of the current prevalence of screen-detected abdominal aortic aneurysm in women, Br J Surg, 103, 1097, 10.1002/bjs.10225

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Stackelberg, 2014, Sex differences in the association between smoking and abdominal aortic aneurysm, Br J Surg, 101, 1230, 10.1002/bjs.9526

Jacomelli, 2017, Inequalities in abdominal aortic aneurysm screening in England: social deprivation and ethnicity, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 53, 837, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2017.03.006

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Joergensen, 2016, Editor's choice – high heritability of liability to abdominal aortic aneurysms: a population based twin study, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 52, 41, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2016.03.012

Lederle, 2012, The strange relationship between diabetes and abdominal aortic aneurysm, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 43, 254, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.12.026

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Grondal, 2012, The cardiac cycle is a major contributor to variability in size measurements of abdominal aortic aneurysms by ultrasound, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 43, 30, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.09.025

Bredahl, 2013, Reproducibility of ECG-gated ultrasound diameter assessment of small abdominal aortic aneurysms, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 45, 235, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2012.12.010

Beales, 2011, Reproducibility of ultrasound measurement of the abdominal aorta, Br J Surg, 98, 1517, 10.1002/bjs.7628

Bicknell, 2016, An evaluation of the effect of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor on the growth rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysm: a randomised placebo-controlled trial (AARDVARK), Eur Heart J, 37, 213, 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw257

Borgbjerg, 2018, Superior reproducibility of the leading to leading edge and inner to inner edge methods in the ultrasound assessment of maximum abdominal aortic diameter, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 55, 206, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2017.11.019

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Kooiman, 2014, A randomized comparison of 1-h sodium bicarbonate hydration versus standard peri-procedural saline hydration in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing intravenous contrast-enhanced computerized tomography, Nephrol Dial Transpl, 29, 1029, 10.1093/ndt/gfu025

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Blaszak, 2014, Monte Carlo simulations for assessment of organ radiation doses and cancer risk in patients undergoing abdominal stent-graft implantation, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 48, 23, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2014.03.014

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Marteau, 2004, Poorer self assessed health in a prospective study of men with screen detected abdominal aortic aneurysm: a predictor or a consequence of screening outcome?, J Epidemiol Community Health, 58, 1042, 10.1136/jech.2003.019307

Spencer, 2004, Is screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm bad for your health and well-being?, ANZ J Surg, 74, 1069, 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03270.x

Bath, 2018, Impact of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening on quality of life, Br J Surg, 105, 203, 10.1002/bjs.10721

Cotter, 2017, Do psychological harms result from being labelled with an unexpected diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm or prostate cancer through screening? A systematic review, BMJ Open, 7, e017565, 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017565

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Svensjö, 2014, Editor's choice: five-year outcomes in men screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm at 65 years of age: a population-based cohort study, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 47, 37, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.10.007

Svensjö, 2014, Update on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: a topical review, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 48, 659, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2014.08.029

Svensjö, 2014, Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in 65-year old men remains cost-effective with contemporary epidemiology and management, Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 47, 357, 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.12.023

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Svensjö, 2013, Current prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in 70-year-old women, Br J Surg, 100, 367, 10.1002/bjs.8984

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