A 68-year-old man with a 50-year history of smoking presented with amaurosis fugax and
was found to have an incidental intrarenal aortic dilatation, with a maximal diameter of 3.2 …

Many chronic diseases have a natural interpretation in terms of staged progression.
Multistate models based on Markov processes are a well-established method of estimating …

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) occur in 1 of 20 older men, remain asymptomatic for
many years, and, if left untreated, cause death from rupture in about one third of patients …

Few prospective studies have examined associations between major cardiovascular risk
factors and occurrence of abdominal aortic aneurysm; findings from cross-sectional studies …

Background The aim was to determine the optimum rescreening interval for small abdominal
aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Methods Data from 12 years of population screening of 65-year …

Controlling the expansion of abdominal aortic aneurysms | British Journal of Surgery | Oxford
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Objectives. This study aimed to determine the incidence of abdominal aortic aneurysm
(AAA) in a large group of siblings of Australian AAA patients to determine if screening in this …

Aim: Our aim was to perform a prospective evaluation of the frequency and diagnostic
consequences of extracolonic findings at multidetector array computed tomography …

Abdominal aortic abnormalities may present acutely with pain and signs of hemorrhage
including hypotension, tachycardia, cold extremities, hematemesis, hematochezia, or …

The most common and most desired outcome of screening is a true-negative outcome (ie,
true normal findings): the individual is healthy and reassured and quality of life may be …