Outcome of the Swedish Nationwide Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Program

Wanhainen, Anders; Hultgren, Rebecka; Linné, Anneli; Holst, Jan; Gottsäter, Anders; Langenskiöld, Marcus; Smidfelt, Kristian; Björck, Martin; Svensjö, Sverker; Lyttkens, Linda; Pihl, Ewa; Wetterling, Tomas; Kjellin, Per; Eliasson, Ken; Wellander, Erik; Narbani, Azin; Skagius, Elisabet; Hollsten, Alexandra; Welander, Martin; Länne, Toste; Fröst, Bibbi; Korman, David; Persson, Sven-Erik; Sigvant, Birgitta; Troëng, Thomas; Palm, Markus; Ansgarius, Eva; Gilgen, Nils-Peter; Sjöström, Christina; Djavani Gidlund, Khatereh; Danielsson, Peter; Bersztel, Adam; Jonasson, Tomas

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.116.022305

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Outcome of the Swedish Nationwide Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Program

Published in Circulation • Sep 15, 2016

Authors:

Anders Wanhainen

Rebecka Hultgren

Anneli Linné

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A general abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening program, targeting 65-year-old men, has gradually been introduced in Sweden since 2006 and reached nationwide coverage in 2015. The aim of this study was to determine the outcome of this program. METHODS: Data on the number of invited a...

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Medicine

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

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