Impact of Implicit Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System Over 10 Years.

ABSTRACT: Background Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programs have been active in the United States since 2005, but are not the only way AAAs are detected. AAA management and outcomes have not been investigated broadly in the context of "implicit AAA screening," whereby radiologic examinations not intended for focused screening can identify AAAs. Methods and Results We examined the association between imaging-based AAA screening, both explicit and implicit, and various outcomes for ≈1.6 million veterans in the Veterans Affairs health care system from 2005 to 2015. Screened-positive, screened-negative, and unscreened veterans were identified in the overall cohort and within a subgroup of veterans aged 65 years in 2005. The yearly composite screening rate increased over 10 years, from 11.7%

SUBMITTER: Leach JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9075479 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature