European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
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Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg · Jul 2012
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyRisk stratification scores in elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: are they suitable for preoperative decision making?
Risk indices help quantify the risk of cardiovascular events and death prior to making decisions about prophylactic AAA repair. This paper aims to study the predictive capabilities of 5 validated indices. ⋯ Whilst V(p)-POSSUM and E-PASS predicted outcome, the less complex RCRI and GAS performed poorly which questions the utility of decision making based on these surgical risk indices.