UK Advisory Body Backs Endovascular Aneurysm Repair For Informed Patients
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Stent graft placement is a viable means of addressing abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, assuming that patients are fully informed of the long-term uncertainties and potential complications, according to the UK's Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee (IPAC) draft recommendation published Nov. 22
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