Development and Validation of a Predictive Model to Aid in the Management of Intact Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Predicting outcomes prior to elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (AAA) requires critical decision making, as the treatment offered is a prophylactic procedure to prevent death from a ruptured AAA. The aim of this work was to develop and validate a model that may predict outcomes for patients with an AAA and hence aid in clinical decision making.A discrete event simulation model was built to simulate the natural history of a patient with an...