Objective: To prospectively assess early and late morbidity and mortality of patients undergoing elective surgical repair of abdominal infrarenal aortic aneurysms and to determine the independent predictors of cardiac events.
Methods: For 6 consecutive years, this study analyzed 130 patients, who underwent routine standardized preoperative assessment always with the same clinical, surgical, and anesthesia teams.
Results: In-hospital mortality was 3.