Prevalence and Associations of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Detected through Screening

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Authors

Frank A. Lederle · Department of Veterans Affairs

Gary R. Johnson · Department of Veterans Affairs

Samuel E. Wilson · University of California, Irvine

Edmund P. Chute · Department of Veterans Affairs

Fred N. Littooy · Department of Veterans Affairs

Dennis F. Bandyk · Department of Veterans Affairs

William C. Krupski

Abstract

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with multiple factors. Smoking was the risk factor most strongly associated with AAA and may be responsible for most clinically important cases of previously undiagnosed AAA.

Topics & Keywords

Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Retirement, Disability, and Employment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Internal Medicine

Volume 126, Issue 6, pp. 441-449

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-6-199703150-00004

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