Denver Health

Abernathy Review

Knife and Gun Club

May, 2008

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

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2. Immediate repair compared with surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med 2002;346:1437-1444.

3. The Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study (MASS) into the effect of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening on mortality in men: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2002;360:1531-1539.

4. Endovascular aneurysm repair versus open repair in patients withabdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR trial 1): randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2005;365:2179-2186.