The epidemiology of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is common and aneurysm rupture accounts for 1.7% of all deaths in men aged 65-74 years. Most deaths are now preventable. Early diagnosis by routine ultrasound examination of the abdominal aorta in elderly men should permit elective aneurysm replacement before rupture in the majority of patients.
Collin
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University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged