Open AccessDerivation and Validation of a 10-Year Risk Score for Symptomatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Cohort Study of Nearly 500 000 Individuals
Author(s) -
Paul Welsh,
Claire E. Welsh,
Pardeep S. Jhund,
Mark Woodward,
Rosemary Brown,
Jim Lewsey,
Carlos CelisMorales,
Frederick K. Ho,
Daniel Mackay,
Jason M. R. Gill,
Stuart R. Gray,
Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi,
Jill P. Pell,
John Forbes,
Naveed Sattar
Publication year - 2021
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.120.053022
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , abdominal aortic aneurysm , framingham risk score , cardiology , surgery , disease , aneurysm
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) can occur in patients who are ineligible for routine ultrasound screening. A simple AAA risk score was derived and compared with current guidelines used for ultrasound screening of AAA.
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