Management of abdominal aortic aneurysms in the UK

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2014 Oct;75(10):578-83. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2014.75.10.578.

Abstract

Outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair are improving in the UK, at least in part as a result of vascular specialization, the reconfiguration of services to dedicated vascular centres and the advent of the national screening programme.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal* / diagnosis
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal* / etiology
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal* / mortality
  • Disease Management
  • Endoleak* / classification
  • Endoleak* / etiology
  • Endoleak* / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Patient Selection
  • Risk Factors
  • Ultrasonography
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures* / adverse effects
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures* / methods