Do women have worse mortality outcomes compared to men following ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair?
Women experience higher perioperative and long-term mortality following ruptured AAA repair compared to men, which is associated with older age and higher rates of chronic kidney disease.
Women who underwent rAAA repair had higher perioperative and 8-year mortality rates following both endovascular and open repair compared with men. Older age and higher rates of chronic kidney disease in women were associated with higher mortality rates. These findings suggest that future studies should assess the reasons for these disparities and whether opportunities exist to improve AAA care for women.
Li et al. (Tue,) studied this question.