Additional Issues on Screening, Prevention, and Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
The prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and AAA-related deaths are steadily declining in some countries as a result of the reduction in smoking rates. It was thus suggested that screening programs that do not target high-risk populations are likely to have very low AAA detection rates. H...
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| author | Kosmas I. Paraskevas MD, PhD Dimitri P. Mikhailidis MD, FFPM, FRCPath, FRCP Athanasios D. Giannoukas MD, PhD, EBSQ-Vasc |
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| description | The prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and AAA-related deaths are steadily declining in some countries as a result of the reduction in smoking rates. It was thus suggested that screening programs that do not target high-risk populations are likely to have very low AAA detection rates. However, this may not apply to other countries that do not exhibit similar reductions in smoking rates. It was assumed that by using the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force screening criteria (men 65-75 years with smoking history) less than 30% of AAAs would be captured. A more extensive scoring system that includes additional risk factors such as the presence of carotid artery or peripheral arterial disease, obesity, hypertension, and so on, may identify almost 90% of AAAs. This article discusses this and other issues on screening, prevention, and treatment of AAAs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b11333fdfbc48f3a466d01a011101012022-12-22T02:38:42ZengSAGE PublishingAmerican Journal of Men's Health1557-98831557-98912013-11-01710.1177/1557988313483306Additional Issues on Screening, Prevention, and Treatment of Abdominal Aortic AneurysmsKosmas I. Paraskevas MD, PhD0Dimitri P. Mikhailidis MD, FFPM, FRCPath, FRCP1Athanasios D. Giannoukas MD, PhD, EBSQ-Vasc2University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, GreeceUniversity College of London, London, UKUniversity Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, GreeceThe prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and AAA-related deaths are steadily declining in some countries as a result of the reduction in smoking rates. It was thus suggested that screening programs that do not target high-risk populations are likely to have very low AAA detection rates. However, this may not apply to other countries that do not exhibit similar reductions in smoking rates. It was assumed that by using the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force screening criteria (men 65-75 years with smoking history) less than 30% of AAAs would be captured. A more extensive scoring system that includes additional risk factors such as the presence of carotid artery or peripheral arterial disease, obesity, hypertension, and so on, may identify almost 90% of AAAs. This article discusses this and other issues on screening, prevention, and treatment of AAAs.https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988313483306 |
| spellingShingle | Kosmas I. Paraskevas MD, PhD Dimitri P. Mikhailidis MD, FFPM, FRCPath, FRCP Athanasios D. Giannoukas MD, PhD, EBSQ-Vasc Additional Issues on Screening, Prevention, and Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms American Journal of Men's Health |
| title | Additional Issues on Screening, Prevention, and Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms |
| title_full | Additional Issues on Screening, Prevention, and Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms |
| title_fullStr | Additional Issues on Screening, Prevention, and Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Additional Issues on Screening, Prevention, and Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms |
| title_short | Additional Issues on Screening, Prevention, and Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms |
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