Low Prevalence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Among 65-Year-Old Swedish Men Indicates a Change in the Epidemiology of the Disease | Zendy

Sverker Svensjö | Zendy; Martin Björck | Zendy; M. Gürtelschmid | Zendy; Khatereh Djavani Gidlund | Zendy; Anders Hellberg | Zendy; Anders Wanhainen | Zendy

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Low Prevalence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Among 65-Year-Old Swedish Men Indicates a Change in the Epidemiology of the Disease

Author(s) -

Sverker Svensjö,

Martin Björck,

M. Gürtelschmid,

Khatereh Djavani Gidlund,

Anders Hellberg,

Anders Wanhainen

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.030379

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , abdominal aortic aneurysm , confidence interval , epidemiology , population , coronary artery disease , aneurysm , logistic regression , surgery , cardiology , demography , environmental health , sociology

Screening elderly men with ultrasound is an established method to reduce mortality from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA; Evidence Level 1a). Such programs are being implemented and generally consist of a single scan at 65 years of age. We report the results from screening 65-year-old men for AAA in middle Sweden.

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