| AAA |
Abdominal
Aortic Aneurysm |
| BSIR |
British Society
of Interventional Radiology |
| ACE Trial |
Aneurysme Chirurgie
de l’aorte contre Endoprothese Trial |
| CT scan |
Computed Tomography
scan |
| DMEC |
Data Monitoring
and Ethical Committee |
| DREAM Trial |
Dutch Randomised
Endovascular Aneurysm Management Trial |
| EC |
Endpoints Committee |
| EQ |
EuroQol 5D
quality of life questionnaire |
| EUROSTAR
|
European Collaborators
Registry on Stent-graft Techniques for AAA repair |
| EVAR |
EndoVascular
Aneurysm Repair |
| FEV |
Forced lung Expiratory
Volume in 1 second |
| HRQL |
Health Related
Quality of Life |
| MDA |
Medical Devices
Agency now known as MHRA |
| MHRA |
Medicines and
Healthcare Regulatory Agency formally known as MDA |
| MI |
Myocardial Infarction |
| ONS
|
Office for
National Statistics |
| OR |
Open repair |
| OVER Trial |
Open Versus
Endovascular Repair Trial |
| PGI |
Patient Generated
Index |
| PO |
Oxygen pressure from
blood gases |
| PCO |
Carbon dioxide pressure
from blood gases |
| QALY |
Quality Adjusted
Life Year |
| RETA
|
Registry for
Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms |
| RTPC
|
Regional Trial
Participants Committee |
| SF-36 |
Short form-36
quality
of life questionnaire |
| TMC |
Trial Management
Committee |
| TSC |
Trial Steering
Committee |
| UKSAT |
UK Small Aneurysm
Trial |
| VSSGBI |
Vascular Society
of Great Britain and Ireland
Now known as The Vascular Society |
