Five Year Natural History of Screening Detected Sub-Aneurysms and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in 70 Year Old Women and Systematic Review of Repair Rate in Women

Screening detected AAAs and sub-aneurysms are clinically relevant in women. Within 5 years of detection a high proportion of AAAs require elective surgery, and a high proportion of sub-aneurysms progress to AAAs. Consequently, surveillance of sub-aneurysms in women with reasonable life expectancy can be considered. Publications on repair rate in women with intact AAAs are scarce and heterogeneous.