Michel S. Makaroun

TL;DR: The rate of death from any cause, the primary outcome, was not significantly different in the two groups (relative risk in the immediate-repair group as compared with the surveillance group), and the rate of repair had been performed in 92.6 percent of the patients in the immediately- Repair group and 61.6% of those in the Surveillance group.

TL;DR: Age, smoking, family history of AAA, and atherosclerotic diseases remained the principal positive associations with AAAs, and female sex, diabetes, and black race remained the Principal negative associations.

TL;DR: A second screening is of little practical value after 4 years, mainly because the AAAs detected are small, but the incidence that is observed suggests that a second screening after longer intervals (ie, more than 8 years) may provide yields similar to those seen in initial screening and therefore warrants further study.

TL;DR: The oral dipyridamole-thallium stress test is as useful as the intravenous test in this setting and is a more sensitive predictor of postoperative myocardial infarction than ejection fraction or history of coronary artery disease.