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Matti T Laine1, Sani J Laukontaus2, Reijo Sund2

  • 1From Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (M.T.L., S.J.L., P.S.A., I.K., A.A., M.V.); Center for Research Methods, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Finland (R.S.); and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio (R.S.). matti.laine@hus.fi.

Circulation
|August 13, 2017
PubMed
まとめ

腹動脈動脈瘤 (AAA) の破裂の発生率はフィンランドで減少し,選択的および緊急の修復の両方の治療結果が改善されました. 血管内 aneurysm 修復 (EVAR) の増加は短期的な死亡率を下げましたが,長期的な EVAR 死亡率は高いままです.

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