Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) causes more than 4,000 deaths each year in England and Wales. 1 Because AAA are easily detectable with ultrasonography and can be repaired with relatively ...

The 2019 US Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening are largely unchanged from the 2014 iteration — and therein lies the rub. The updated ...

Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm carries a case fatality of approximately 80%, and population-based screening programs have been devised to help prevent such events. A new study from Western ...

Population-based abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programs may need a second look, based on dwindling returns and established harms, say the authors of a new registry-based cohort study.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening for men is standard in several countries, including the United Kingdom and Sweden. But new research suggests that women, who are less apt to develop AAAs, may ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than two-thirds of patients who required abdominal aortic aneurysm repair would not have been captured by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has given a B recommendation for one-time screening for abdominal aortic ...

"AAA screening in Sweden did not contribute substantially to the large observed reductions in AAA mortality," the authors write. "The small benefit and substantially less favorable benefit-to-harm ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now recommends screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in older men (age range, 65-75) who have ever smoked (Journal Watch Feb 18 2005). Results ...

NHS Ayrshire & Arran is encouraging men over 65 years and who live in Ayrshire and Arran to attend their Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening appointment. AAA screening is the simplest and best ...