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Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a catastrophic event; untreated, the condition is invariably fatal (1). In spite of advances in treatment during recent years, the average mortality rate of 50% is disturbingly high (2).
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Sreenivas, V.I. (1980). Ruptured Abdominal Aneurysm. In: Acute Disorders of the Abdomen. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1730-3_17
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