Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Bird and Davis talk about abdominal aortic aneurysms which are defined by an aortic anteroposterior diameter of 3 cm or more. Population-based ultrasound screening and autopsy studies suggest a prevalence of any AAA in adults older than 50 years of 4% to 8% in men and 1% to 1.3% in women. Risk facto...

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2015-03, Vol.313 (11), p.1156-1157
Hauptverfasser: Bird, Amber-Nicole, Davis, Andrew M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Aged
Aneurysms
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Medical screening
Mortality
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk factors
Smoking
Studies
Ultrasonography
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Zusammenfassung:Bird and Davis talk about abdominal aortic aneurysms which are defined by an aortic anteroposterior diameter of 3 cm or more. Population-based ultrasound screening and autopsy studies suggest a prevalence of any AAA in adults older than 50 years of 4% to 8% in men and 1% to 1.3% in women. Risk factors for AAA include age, male sex, having ever smoked, and family history of AAA. Abdominal aortic aneurysms often remain asymptomatic until rupture, a complication associated with mortality rates as high as 75% to 90%.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2015.0996