Editor's Choice – Assessment of Correlation Between Mean Size of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm at Time of Intact Repair Against Repair and Rupture Rate in Nine Countries

ObjectiveThis study aimed to analyse the mean abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diameter for repair in nine countries, and to determine variation in mean AAA diameter for elective AAA repair and its relationship to rupture AAA repair rates and aneurysm related mortality in corresponding populations.MethodsData on intact (iAAA) and ruptured infrarenal AAA (rAAA) repair for the years 2010–2012 were collected from Denmark, England, Finland, Germany,...