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  • CUR25: How is the AAA currently diagnosed? Jump to
Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Screening
A0013
English
Guidance

How is the AAA currently screened?

Authors: Pseudo218 Pseudo218, Pseudo73 Pseudo73

Internal reviewers: Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Lotte Groth Jensen

Screening programmes vary in the intended target groups, in the location of screening and the number of screenings during a lifetime.

In the UK National Health Service (NHS) AAA screening programme men who turn 65 are automatically invited to the programme. Men who are older and have not been screened previously can opt in through self-referral {UKNSP2010#Health...}.

No information was identified, about how different screening programmes vary in the preventive strategies used (e.g. surgery, behavioural change).

Pseudo218 P, Pseudo73 P Result Card CUR11 In: Pseudo218 P, Pseudo73 P Health Problem and Current Use of the Technology In: Jefferson T, Vicari N, Frønsdal K [eds.]. Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Screening [Core HTA], Agenzia nationale per i servizi sanitari regionali (age.na.s), Italy; 2013. [cited 28 May 2023]. Available from: http://corehta.info/ViewCover.aspx?id=106

How is the AAA currently diagnosed?

Authors: Pseudo218 Pseudo218, Pseudo73 Pseudo73

Internal reviewers: Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Lotte Groth Jensen

In the survey questions about “other technical devices beside the gold standard” five countries listed the following techniques:

  • Denmark: computed tomography (CT) scan
  • Lithuania: Ultrasound  and computed tomography, magnetic resonance tomography
  • Latvia: MR angiography
  • Sweden: If ultrasound does not provide adequate images, CT is performed. This is very infrequent
  • Croatia: There is no AAA screening programme in Croatia. But, for example, digital subtraction angiography (DSA) could serve as a diagnostic technology. MR could also serve for diagnosis, because AAA could be an incidental finding during examination for other abdominal illness or during colour-Doppler examination of peripheral arteries.
Pseudo218 P, Pseudo73 P Result Card CUR25 In: Pseudo218 P, Pseudo73 P Health Problem and Current Use of the Technology In: Jefferson T, Vicari N, Frønsdal K [eds.]. Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Screening [Core HTA], Agenzia nationale per i servizi sanitari regionali (age.na.s), Italy; 2013. [cited 28 May 2023]. Available from: http://corehta.info/ViewCover.aspx?id=106