Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in 65-year-old men remains cost-effective with contemporary epidemiology and management

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 357-365

  Svensjo S ^a,b   Mani, K ^a   Bjorck M ^a   Lundkvist, J ^c   Wanhainen, A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Cost effectiveness; Mass screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FOLLOW UP; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MORTALITY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896074745     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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