Methods Patients with AAAs are defined as male or female patients with asymptomatic,
symptomatic or ruptured AAA with fusiform dilatation. This document does not cover patients …

The Clinical Practice Council of the Society for Vascular Surgery charged a writing
committee with the task of updating practice guidelines, initally published in 2003, for …

Members of this Guideline Writing Committee (GWC) were selected by the European Society
for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) to represent physicians involved in the management of patients …

Abstract Objective The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has developed
clinical practice guidelines for the care of patients with aneurysms of the abdominal aorta …

Importance An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is typically defined as aortic enlargement
with a diameter of 3.0 cm or larger. The prevalence of AAA has declined over the past 2 …

An exposé on Big Pharma and the American healthcare system's zeal for excessive medical
testing, from a nationally recognized expert More screening doesn't lead to better health …

Background Current methods of risk adjustment rely on diagnoses recorded in clinical and
administrative records. Differences among providers in diagnostic practices could lead to …

Background: While the prognosis for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture is poor,
ultrasound imaging is an accurate and reliable test for detecting AAAs before rupture …

Over the past two decades a vast new armamentarium of diagnostic techniques has
revolutionized the practice of medicine. The entire human body can now be imaged in …

After a 50-page outline of the principles of clinical reasoning, over 60 actual cases are
detailed that illustrate (and are keyed to) the principles, presenting case records, analysis …