The SAAAVE Act and Routine Ambulatory Medical Care Fail to Diagnose Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms prior to Rupture: A Single-Institution Experience

Table 4

BMI, AAA size, and vascular fellow examination for pulsatile abdominal mass of the 52 study patient presenting with ruptured AAA.

Variable	Mean ± SD	Range
BMI (kg/m^2) without pulsatile mass	28.9 ± 6.0	16.1–52.0
BMI (kg/m^2) with pulsatile mass	27.7 ± 7.1	16.1–52.0
AAA size (mm) without pulsatile mass	73.2 ± 18.4	44.0–120
AAA size (mm) with pulsatile mass	79.5 ± 18.4	55.0–120

BMI: body mass index; AAA: abdominal aortic aneurysm.