Oxford Screening Programme for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Men Aged 65 to 74 Years

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Review Article

“…Most clinical practice guidelines contain recommendations in favor of one -time AAA screening for men 65 -75 years old with a history of smoking using ultrasonographic scans (Ferket et al, 2011). However, this recommendation is poorly followed up in this target population, partly due to a lack of patients' compliance with an acceptance rate around 65% (Boll et al, 1998;Collin et al, 1988;Lederle et al, 1997;Lindholt et al, 1997;Simoni et al, 1995). Moreover, a recent study estimates that about half the patients with AAA were not eligible for screening under current guidelines and would have been missed (Kent et al, 2010).…”

Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Conference

“…Furthermore, studies have reported different definitions of AAA, ranging from Ն3.0 cm 28 to Ն3.5 cm 29 to Ն4.0 cm. 30 Indeed, when such differing diagnostic criteria for AAA are used to assess a given study population, there can be as much as a 4-fold variation in prevalence of AAA. Furthermore, although techniques for measurement of carotid IMT have been widely standardized, there is no similar level of agreement on appropriate methods for ultrasound screening or measurement of AAA.…”

Middle Age Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Older Age

“…[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] These studies have typically shown associations of such cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors as male gender, older age, and smoking with prevalent abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and aneurysm progression. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Findings have been inconsistent, however, for hypertension, 6,9,12 serum cholesterol, 3,6,8,10 diabetes, 3,4,9 and such other possible risk factors as body habitus 3,9,13 and race. 3,4 There are relatively few prospective population studies on relationships of CVD risk factors to AAA, and these have been limited by paucity of risk factor data, short duration of follow-up, small number of cases leading to inclusion of all types of aortic aneurysms regardless of site.…”