Aortic & peripheral vascular diseaseCohort study
Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in Sweden vs. Finland: benefits of population-wide screening
- Retrospective registry-based cohort study
- national registers
- binational comparison
Authors' conclusion
This study reveals improvements in results of AAA repair in Sweden. A decrease in rAAA repair and increase in iAAA repair were evident after AAA screening was started in 2006 and resulted in better outcomes.
Study context
- Population
- All repairs for intact or ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in Sweden and Finland, 1998–2017
- Exposure
- Sweden vs Finland
- Outcome
- Incidence and results of AAA repair
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
AAA repair incidence and results
Sweden
15 927
events
Finland
6933
events
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in Sweden vs. Finland: benefits of population-wide screening. Eur Heart J. Published 7 October 2024. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehae665
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it