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 ...

What Is an AAA Screening Ultrasound? An AAA screening (or abdominal aortic aneurysm screening) is an ultrasound that looks at the main blood vessels in the abdomen. This imaging study allows your ...

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 ...

(UPDATED) Data from the Million Veteran Program are helping to better define the “genetic architecture” behind abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), raising hopes that genetic tests might help pinpoint ...

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 ...

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 ...

A polygenic risk score based on analysis of 29 discrete genetic variants linked with abdominal aortic aneurysms appeared better than the current criteria that clinicians use to identify people to ...

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 ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms are likely to be encountered in the primary care setting, making appropriate diagnosis and management indispensable. Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are full-thickness ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than two-thirds of patients who required abdominal aortic aneurysm repair would not have been captured by ...

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