ArticleIrish journal of medical science2026
Rates of growth of abdominal aortic aneurysms in an Irish population.
Article in Irish journal of medical science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionAn Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm is a disease with a high mortality and morbidity in both acute and elective settings and thus the timing of intervention and surveillance is of high importance. These are derived from historical growth patterns. However, real-world expansion rates may vary between populations. Indeed there has been no published study examining this in an Irish population. This study aimed to evaluate AAA growth in a local surveillance cohort and assess concordance with assumptions underlying the 2024 ESVS surveillance guidance.
methodsA retrospective analysis was performed using a prospectively maintained database of patients undergoing ultrasound surveillance for AAA. Aneurysm diameter at first presentation and sequential measurements were recorded. Annualised growth rates were calculated where serial measurements were available. Patients were stratified by baseline aneurysm diameter into, < 3 cm, 3-4 cm, 4-5 cm, 5-6 cm cohorts and > 6 cm, and growth rates were compared across groups.
resultsA total of 341 patients were included. The mean age was 73.4 ± 9.2 years, and the mean aneurysm diameter was 4.02 ± 1.09 cm (median 4.1 cm). Follow-up data suitable for growth-rate analysis were available for 214 patients. The mean aneurysm growth rate was 0.2 ± 0.274 cm/year (median 0.167 cm/year; 95% CI 0.169-0.243 cm/year). There was a predominance of males (85%). Stratified analysis demonstrated increasing growth with larger baseline diameter. Mean growth was < 0.1 cm/year for those under 3 cm 0.1 cm/year for aneurysms measuring 3-4 cm, 0.24 cm/year for 4-5 cm, and over 0.28 cm/year for aneurysms > 5 cm and 0.37 cm for those > 6 cm.
Indexed as
Identifiers
42766084What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.