Response by Robert et al. to the letter regarding article “Time trends in hospital admissions and mortality due to abdominal aortic aneurysms in France, 2002–2013”

International Journal of Cardiology 247 (2017) 36

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Response by Robert et al. to the letter regarding article “Time trends in hospital admissions and mortality due to abdominal aortic aneurysms in France, 2002–2013” M. Robert a, Y. Juillière b, A. Gabet a, S. Kownator c, V. Olié a,⁎ a b c

The French Public Health Agency, France Department of Cardiology, Nancy University Hospital, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France Cardiology Center, Thionville, France

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Article history: Received 28 March 2017 Accepted 30 March 2017

⁎ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (V. Olié).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.03.139 0167-5273/© 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

We appreciate the insightful comments from Dr Paraskevas regarding our article on Times trends in hospital admissions and mortality due to abdominal aortic aneurysms in France. We understand the importance of an accurate evaluation of the impact of aneurysm size on survival following abdominal aortic repair. Unfortunately, the size of the aneurysm is not reported in the national hospital administrative database used in this study.