Carotid Endarterectomy in the Elderly: The McGill Experience

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the trends in open and endovascular repair of elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (eAAA) and ruptured AAA (rAAA) stratified by age and sex from 2003 to 2016.Methods: We conducted a population-based time-series analysis of eAAA and rAAA repairs in Ontario, Canada, from 2003 to 2016. Quarterly rates of age-and sex-stratified open surgical repair (OSR) and endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) were calculated. We fit exponential smoothing models to examine the age-and sex-stratified changes in overall and approach-specific rates of eAAA and rAAA repair.