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Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Recommendation Statement
Mark Fillinger, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756; Mark.Fillinger{at}Hitchcock.org
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has updated the 1996 recommendations for screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and the supporting scientific evidence. A Grade B recommendation, which means the UPSTF recommends clinicians provide the service to eligible patients, is made that men age 65 to 75 who have ever smoked have a one-time screening by ultrasonography. A Grade C recommendation (no recommendation for or against routine screening) has been made for men in this age group who have never smoked. Because women have low prevalence of AAA-related death, the USPSTF recommends against routine screening for AAA for asymptomatic patients (Grade D).
Key Words: aortic aneurysm • screening • review
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Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 18, No. 1,
71-73 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/153100350601800125
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