Abstract
Last year saw the publication of the first randomized comparisons of the endovascular and open techniques for elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. The Dutch Randomized Endovascular Aneurysm Management (DREAM) trial1 and the British Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Trial 1 (EVAR-1)2 each showed substantial reductions in 30-day postoperative mortality with endovascular repair, in agreement with the results of large observational studies published before3,4 and since5 then. These findings showed that endovascular repair was off to a good start, but there remained an obvious need for data on long-term outcomes.6 That need has increased in the interim, since the release of . . .

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