A community screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysms |
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Authors: | J Collin L Araujo D Lindsell |
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Institution: | Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, U.K. |
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Abstract: | Three-hundred and sixty-nine unselected men aged 65-79 years were invited for screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm. One hundred and forty-one men were examined and 4 aneurysms detected. 43.2% of men aged 65-74 attended for examination in response to a single unsolicited letter of explanation with the date of an appointment, but only 29.1% of those aged 75-79 years. It is suggested that community mortality from ruptured aortic aneurysm could be reduced by ultrasound screening of the aorta in men aged 65-74 years and early selective aneurysm surgery. |
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