Key result
Conservative management of patients with large AAA deemed unfit for surgery resulted in a 64% overall mortality rate, with 44.7% dying from non-aneurysm-related causes.
Population
76 patients with large abdominal aortic aneurysms deemed unfit for elective surgical repair, mean age 79.8…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Between January 2006 and April 2017
Authors
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High non-aneurysm mortality in unfit large AAA warrants comorbidity focus; hypothesis-generating for refined selection criteria.
Cohort (n=76)
Patients with large abdominal aortic aneurysms who are unfit for elective surgery have a poor prognosis, with most deaths occurring from non-aneurysm-related causes rather than rupture.
Elmallah et al. (2018) conducted a cohort in Large abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) (n=76). Conservative management was evaluated on Overall mortality. Conservative management of patients with large AAA deemed unfit for surgery resulted in a 64% overall mortality rate, with 44.7% dying from non-aneurysm-related causes.
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