International journal of cardiology
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Meta Analysis
Worse late-phase survival after elective endovascular than open surgical repair for intact abdominal aortic aneurysm.
To determine whether follow-up survival is better after elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) than open surgical repair (OSR) for intact abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), we combined 5-year survival curves themselves of EVAR and OSR in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and propensity-score matched (PSM) studies. ⋯ For intact AAA, although survival was better immediately after elective EVAR than OSR, the survival curves crossed at 1.8years. Thereafter until 5years, survival was worse after EVAR than OSR.