title: Endovascular aneurysm repair is not the treatment of choice in most patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Livesay
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
authors.forename: Oscar G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Talledo
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D003657:Decision Making; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans
keywords: Aortic aneurysm, abdominal/economics/mortality/surgery; aortic rupture/surgery; emergency treatment/economics/statistics & numerical data; healthcare disparities; surgical procedures, elective/mortality; surgical procedures, minimally invasive/statistics & numerical data; vascular surgical procedures/trends