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Abdominal aortic aneurysm--to screen or not to screen.

Bergqvist D, Björck M, Wanhainen A

Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.

With the ten WHO criteria for a screening program to be started, screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm is analyzed. Most of the criteria are fulfilled concerning the 65-year old male population, whereas concerning females we need more knowledge. Still the aneurysmal diameter is the most important factor to select patients for treatment meaning that many aneurysms are treated where rupture should never have occurred. Research projects giving more information on pathophysiological processes behind expansion and rupture should have priority.

Published 17 December 2007 in Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 35(1): 13-8.
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