The United States Preventive Services Task Force has published a final recommendation on screening elderly adults for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The statement was published online June 24 in the ...

The 2019 US Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening are largely unchanged from the 2014 iteration — and therein lies the rub. The updated ...

Population-based abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programs may need a second look, based on dwindling returns and established harms, say the authors of a new registry-based cohort study.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has given a B recommendation for one-time screening for abdominal aortic ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening for men is standard in several countries, including the United Kingdom and Sweden. But new research suggests that women, who are less apt to develop AAAs, may ...

A study on the benefits and harms of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is raising the question of whether the practice significantly improves outcomes. The study, including data on more ...

Dear K.D.: The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body that comes directly off of the heart, goes down through the chest and diaphragm via the aortic hiatus, and into the abdomen. From there, it ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Reduced smoking, not the implementation of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening in Sweden, largely reduced ...

Because of his history of smoking and his age, you are correct that your father-in-law should be screened for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The screening that is recommended typically includes a ...

Ultrasonographic screening of older men to detect abdominal aortic aneurysms has been added to the list of programs supported by the National Health Service in England and Scotland, and by Medicare in ...

"AAA screening in Sweden did not contribute substantially to the large observed reductions in AAA mortality," the authors write. "The small benefit and substantially less favorable benefit-to-harm ...