Data for the Oxford Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Study international survey of vascular surgery professionals.

ABSTRACT: As part of the Oxford Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (OxAAA) Study, we conducted an international survey of vascular surgery professionals. One aspect of the survey is as published in the International Journal of Cardiology: "International Opinion on Priorities in Research for Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and the Potential Path for Research to Impact Clinical Management". This Data-in-Brief article contains a detailed method for the conduct of this survey and additional original data. In this survey, we also provided vascular surgery colleagues with contemporary epidemiologic and surgical outcome data. This was followed by a hypothetical scenario whereby a patient had just been diagnosed with a small (40 mm) AAA and a novel biomarker predicted it to be fast growing in the comi

SUBMITTER: Lee R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5540697 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature