Evaluation of the natural history of abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients who are followed without any surgical procedure indicates that:
A. Approximately 20% are alive at the end of 5 years.
B. Seventy-five per cent of patients succumb by the end of the first year.
C. Aortic rupture is quite common in this group, occurring in more than half by the second year.
D. None of the above.
Answer:A
Evaluation of the natural history of abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients who are followed without any surgical procedure indicates that:
A. Approximately 20% are alive at the end of 5 years. B. Seventy-five per cent of patients succumb by the end of the first year. C. Aortic rupture is quite common in this group, occurring in more than half by the second year. D. None of the above.