Tag: rAAA
Hospital wins battle against time for one patient’s aortic emergency
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Aortic emergencies, if not diagnosed and managed in due time, are, of course, life threatening. Responding to...
WVS 2021: Community surgeons report improved rAAA survival after adoption of...
Overall survival improved from 71% to 80% after a group of community practice surgeons started using an endovascular-first approach to ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm...
‘Do we need to do a better job of making devices...
It was a burning question posed from the conference floor, and it led to some approving social media nods in its aftermath: Does the...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in May
A pointed letter aimed at electronic health record (EHR) behemoth Epic, an argument in favor of endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs)...
Hitting the spot: EVAR for rAAA should be ‘treatment of choice’...
If the equipment and requisite skillset are available, and a patient’s anatomy is suitable, endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs)...
EVAR improves one-year survival in octogenarians with AAAs, study finds
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in those 80-plus decreases one-year mortality rates compared to non-operative management, researchers at the University...
Preoperative risk score tool for rAAA 30-day mortality is accurate, new...
An entirely preoperative risk-scoring tool for the prediction of 30-day mortality after a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) was found to be accurate after...
VQI analysis finds endovascular repair of rAAA superior to open repair
A recent study examining the effect of operative approach on outcomes in patients presenting with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) demonstrated clear short- and...