Systematic Review: Repair of Unruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

  1. Frank A. Lederle, MD;
  2. Robert L. Kane, MD;
  3. Roderick MacDonald, MS; and
  4. Timothy J. Wilt, MD, MPH
  1. From the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    1. Figure 1. AAA = abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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        Figure 1. AAA = abdominal aortic aneurysm. Literature search for selected studies.
      • Figure 2. ADAM = Aneurysm Detection and Management Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study; RR (random) = relative risk by random-effects model; UKSAT = United Kingdom Small Aneurysm Trial.
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          Figure 2. ADAM = Aneurysm Detection and Management Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study; RR (random) = relative risk by random-effects model; UKSAT = United Kingdom Small Aneurysm Trial. Randomized trials comparing immediate open repair with imaging surveillance for small unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
        • Figure 3. DREAM = Dutch Randomized Endovascular Aneurysm Management Trial; ESPAS = Eindhoven Stent Prothesis for Aneurysm Study; EVAR = Endovascular Aneurysm Repair trial 1; EVR = endovascular repair; RR (random) = relative risk by random-effects model.
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            Figure 3. DREAM = Dutch Randomized Endovascular Aneurysm Management Trial; ESPAS = Eindhoven Stent Prothesis for Aneurysm Study; EVAR = Endovascular Aneurysm Repair trial 1; EVR = endovascular repair; RR (random) = relative risk by random-effects model. Randomized trials comparing endovascular repair with open repair of unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

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