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Drug Therapy for Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Dear Editor,Abdominal aortic aneurysm is often asymptomatic, less recognized, and causes considerable mortality and morbidity, if missed. The incidence varies from country to country and the occurrence is influenced by modifiable (smoking, coronary heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and prolonged steroid therapy) and non-modifiable risk factors (increasing age, male gender, and positive...
متن کاملdrug therapy for small abdominal aortic aneurysm
dear editor, abdominal aortic aneurysm is often asymptomatic, less recognized, and causes considerable mortality and morbidity, if missed. the incidence varies from country to country and the occurrence is influenced by modifiable (smoking, coronary heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and prolonged steroid therapy) and non-modifiable risk factors (increasing age, male gender, and positiv...
متن کاملScreening for abdominal aortic aneurysm.
The incidence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has been increasing over the last fifty years, probably as a consequence of the smoking epidemics that developed in the years that followed the Second World War. As stated by Puech-Leão et al., abdominal aortic aneurysm is an asymptomatic but potentially fatal condition, for which the proper treatment is elective surgery before rupturing can occu...
متن کاملScreening for abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Remains effective and is likely to be cost effective in the UK, but data need to be monitored A national NHS programme in England offers screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in men aged 65, with the aim of reducing deaths from aneurysm rupture. 1 The key evidence underpinning this policy was the results of the multicentre aneurysm screening study (MASS), funded by the Medical Research Counci...
متن کاملScreening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Longer-term mortality benefit and cost-effectiveness for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening are uncertain.18 In addition to the mortality benefit, evidence indicating that screening is highly costeffective is increasing.2, 34 In light of this evidence, national screening programs are now being considered in many countries.47, 46 However, there is little evidence regarding long-term outco...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Cardiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1759-5002,1759-5010
DOI: 10.1038/s41569-018-0138-1