Figure 1: Cardiology and cardiac surgery follow-up status after
index scan. Follow-up status is defined as having completed a
consultation appointment with either a cardiologist or cardiac surgeon,
specifically for aneurysm monitoring, at any date after the index
computed tomography scan identifying ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm.
Those with records of having attended an appointment with either
specialty in the past for aneurysm monitoring were included in a
separate category (‘Previously established’). Increasing ADI quartile
corresponds with increasing socioeconomic deprivation. Percentages
represent proportion of patients within each category by quartile.
ADI: area deprivation index