Division of Vascular Surgery

Sakalihasan N, Limet R, Defawe O.  Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Lancet 2005; 365:1577-1589.

Blankensteijn JD, de Jong S, Prinssen M, van der Ham A, Buth J, van Sterkenburg S, Verhagen H, Buskens E, Grobbee D, for the Dutch Randomized Endovascular Aneurysm Management (DREAM) Trial Group. Two-year outcomes after conventional or endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med. 2005;352(23):2398-405.

Ashton HA, Buxton MJ, Day NE, et al: The Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study (MASS) into the effect of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening on mortality in men: A randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2002;360:1531-1539.

Towne JB. Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Am J Surg 2005;189(2):40-9.

Brewster DC, Cronenwett JL, Hallett JW, Johnston KW, Krupski WC, Matsumura JS.  Guidelines for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: Report of a subcommittee of the Joint Council of the American Association for Vascular Surgery and Society for Vascular Surgery. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37(5):1106-17. 

Mortality results for randomised controlled trial of early elective surgery or ultrasonographic surveillance for small abdominal aortic aneurysms. The UK Small Aneurysm Trial Participants [Special issue]. Lancet 1998;353:1649-55.

Lederle FA, Wilson SE, Johnson GR, Reinke DB, Littooy FN, Acher CW, et al. Immediate repair compared with surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med 2002;346:1437-1444.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.  Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm:  Recommendation Statement. Ann Intern Med 2005;142:198-202.

Fleming C, Whitlock EP, Bell TL, Lederle FA.  Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Best-Evidence Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med 2005;142:203-11.