• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

The aorta is the 'greatest artery', through which oxygenated blood is delivered from the left
ventricle to end organs with each cardiac cycle (200 million litres of blood transported in an …

Members of this Guideline Writing Committee (GWC) were selected by the European Society
for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) to represent physicians involved in the management of patients …

Background Decision-making related to the care of patients with an abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA) is complex. Aneurysms present with varying risks of rupture, and patient …

Methods Patients with AAAs are defined as male or female patients with asymptomatic,
symptomatic or ruptured AAA with fusiform dilatation. This document does not cover patients …

Background Few data are available on the long-term outcome of endovascular repair of
abdominal aortic aneurysm as compared with open repair. Methods From 1999 through …

Summary Abdominal aortic aneurysms cause 1· 3% of all deaths among men aged 65–85
years in developed countries. These aneurysms are typically asymptomatic until the …

Background For patients with large abdominal aortic aneurysms, randomized trials have
shown an initial overall survival benefit for elective endovascular repair over conventional …

It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the
use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the …

Context Limited data are available to assess whether endovascular repair of abdominal
aortic aneurysm (AAA) improves short-term outcomes compared with traditional open repair …