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Most abdominal aortic aneurysms are asymptomatic until they approach the point of rupture; thus, it is essential to establish an efficient workflow for the accurate detection of this condition to enhance clinical outcomes. The incorporation of artificial intelligence learning algorithms into healthcare workflows holds the prospect of significantly improving the accuracy of decision-making related to patient mortality risk. Since the potential surgical repair of an aortic aneurysm depends upon the maximum external diameter of the aneurysm, this study aims to develop an end-to-end algorithmic method for classifying low-risk and high-risk cases based on abdominal aortic aneurysm data. To perform the predictive analysis, we adopt neuro-fuzzy systems, ensembles of neuro-fuzzy systems, and hybrid evolutionary-based fuzzy classifiers. The models are trained using features extracted from the radiomics framework and exhibit high generalisation performance, as measured by the adopted metrics, and estimated on a K-fold cross-validation basis. 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