Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Have Become Higher Risk.

Background: Independent risk factors such as age, loss of consciousness, elevated serum creatinine, low hemoglobin, and electrocardiogram evidence of ischemia have previously been shown to predict mortality after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA). With an aging Australian population, we sought to determine if patients presenting with rAAA now had more predictive risk factors for mortality and whether these factors remain predictive of mortality.

Methods: The records of all patients presenting with rAAA between January 1985 to December 1993 (past era, group 1) and January 2007 to December 2011 (modern era, group 2) were retrieved.

Carotid redo surgery: both safe and durable.

Aim: To examine the outcomes and complications of surgery for recurrent carotid stenosis.

Methods: From 1974 to 2000, 1922 carotid endarterectomies were performed in our unit. A retrospective cohort analysis of these records identified 24 patients (1.

Preoperative cardiac assessment for patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms: a survey of current practice by vascular surgeons in New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory.

Background: The reported mortality rate following open elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) varies between 0 and 12%. Much of the mortality and major morbidity is caused by cardiac events. The evidence regarding best practice for cardiac assessment and optimization of this patient group is unclear.