Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) remain a major risk to patients, despite level 1 evidence
for screening to prevent rupture events and decrease mortality. In 2007, the Canadian …

Background Previous studies have identified groups of patients with abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA) that fall outside of currently accepted screening guidelines. Population …

Background This report was produced for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health
Care to provide guidelines on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with …

Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has been shown to be effective at reducing
AAA-related mortality and is cost-effective. 1 There are, however, significant variations in …

Background Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) can cause significant mortality when
ruptured but are often undiagnosed before this time. Population screening of high-risk …

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are found in 6%(95% confidence interval [CI] 5-6) of men
over the age of 64 1-4 and 1%(95% CI 1-2) of women in the same age group. 5 AAAs confer …

OBJECTIVE: In 2007, Medicare guidelines were established to identify persons at risk for the
presence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The purpose of this study is to evaluate …

PURPOSE: It remains unclear whether population-based screening for abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA) in men reduces all-cause long-term mortality. We performed an updated …

Objectives Serving as the basis for implementation of several national AAA screening
programmes, four large randomised controlled trials provided evidence of a reduction in …

Background After its introduction in six pilot centers in 2009, the National Abdominal Aortic
Aneurysm Screening Programme (NAAASP) is now established across the United Kingdom …