Aortic aneurysm screening

Rij, André M. van; Jones, Gregory T.

doi:10.1002/bjs.9830

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“…1 It can be carried out successfully in large communities and across the population of whole countries. 2 However, it requires structured, dedicated programs to recruit large numbers of subjects and to carry out diagnostic procedures such as abdominal ultrasound, with significant costs. There is currently no policy for AAA screening in most countries, including New Zealand, although awareness of the international research evidence for screening is high.…”

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Measuring abdominal aortic diameters in routine abdominal computed tomography scans and implications for abdominal aortic aneurysm screening

Claridge

Arnold

Morrison

et al. 2017

Journal of Vascular Surgery

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There is a high prevalence of AAAs (5.8%) and clinically relevant AAAs (4.1%) detected on routine abdominal CT. As an opportunistic approach, it is a simple and effective way to detect AAAs and to broaden traditional screening criteria to include women and those younger than 65 years in our region. Furthermore, large numbers of subjects with normal aortic diameters are identified who will not need to be screened. Consequently, we consider routine diagnostic abdominal CT to be an important adjunct to national and community AAA screening strategies.

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