Systematic review and meta‐analysis of sex differences in outcome after intervention for abdominal aortic aneurysm

The aim of this study was to assess possible differences in mortality between men and women with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) treated either by elective repair or following aneurysm rupture.

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