[Echographic screening of the abdominal aorta in older men is useful].
Ultrasound detection of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in men aged 65 years or older meets the WHO criteria for screening. Evidence shows a 50% reduction of AAA-related mortality and the costs per life-year gained are acceptable. AAA-screening is not only recommended in the USA and UK but in the Netherlands as well.
Boll
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Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, afd. Heelkunde, Postbus 9015, 6500 GS Nijmegen. b.boll@cwz.nl
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography