JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
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JACC Cardiovasc Interv · Oct 2012
Review Meta AnalysisOpen versus endovascular stent graft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.
This study sought to evaluate the short-, intermediate-, and longer-term outcomes after endovascular versus open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), including both AAA-related and all-cause mortality. ⋯ In patients randomized to open or endovascular AAA repair, all-cause perioperative mortality, as well as AAA-related mortality at short- and intermediate-term follow-up are lower in patients undergoing endovascular stent graft placement. This was associated with greater reintervention in the endovascular group noted at intermediate follow-up. Long-term survival appears to converge between the 2 groups.