Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Based on current evidence, one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in men using ultrasound evaluation reduces mortality related to AAA rupture and is considered cost-effective, although all-cause mortality reduction still remains in question. In Spain, there is no population screening program for AAA, so the aim of our study was to perform a pilot population screening program in our area to assess feasibility and efficiency of an AAA screening program for men and women. METHODS:A population AAA screening pilot program was performed in a Barcelona area, including 400,000 inhabitants. According to inclusion criteria, 4,730 individuals aged 65 years at the moment of the trial were invited for screening (2,089 men and 2,641 women). Primary care doctors, trained in duplex ultrasound abdominal evaluations, performed an abdominal aortic measurement. Individuals with a previous diagnosis of AAA, limited life expectancy, or wrong contact data were excluded. Participation data, aortic diameters, AAA prevalence, and related cardiovascular risk factors were analyzed. The results were used in a cost-utility model to assess the efficiency of the screening program. RESULTS:Participation was 50.3% in men and 44% in women. Eleven patients were excluded because of previously diagnosed AAA. Five new asymptomatic AAA were detected in 65-year-old men (0.5% prevalence), all being active smokers. When considering patients excluded for previous AAA diagnosis, the prevalence in 65-year-old men reached 1.4%. Global AAA prevalence in smoking men reached 2.67%. No AAA was detected in women. Subaneurysmal aorta prevalence in men was 2.9% (n = 29), and in women, it was 0.08% (n = 2). A cost-utility analysis model on screening versus no screening retrieved 13,664€ per quality-adjusted life years at a 10-year horizon and 39,455€ per quality-adjusted life years at a 30-year horizon. CONCLUSIONS:AAA population-based screening by ultrasound evaluation in primary care is logistically feasible in our area. Despite that, AAA prevalence is lower than expected in men, and null in women. Cost-utility model results indicate that a local AAA screening program is only efficient in a 30 years' time horizon. Such inefficient results for a population screening make it necessary to consider other strategies such as opportunistic or subgroup screening in our area.
journal_name
Ann Vasc Surgjournal_title
Annals of vascular surgeryauthors
Fite J,Gayarre Aguado R,Puig T,Zamora S,Escudero JR,Solà Roca J,Bellmunt Sdoi
10.1016/j.avsg.2020.11.042subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-12-30 00:00:00eissn
0890-5096issn
1615-5947pii
S0890-5096(20)31105-5pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:To reevaluate the benefits of a Gritti-Stokes amputation (GSA), as an alternative to the traditional above-knee amputation (AKA), in patients who are nonambulatory or not a candidate for a below-knee amputation (BKA). TECHNIQUE:A fish-mouth incision is fashioned below the tibial tuberosity into the popliteal...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2019.03.006
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/BF02139657
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cases of malignant fibrous histiocytoma arising from the aorta are rare and have a dismal outlook despite treatment. The longest reported survival period following resection is only 28 months. A patient with malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the descending thoracic aorta was successfully treated with resection and rec...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02001377
更新日期:1990-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Between 1985 and 1988 45 patients with descending thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms underwent selective arteriography of the intercostal and lumbar arteries to delineate preoperatively the artery of Adamkiewicz and the thoracic radicular artery. Identification of these vessels failed in five patients (11%)...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0890-5096(06)62382-0
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s100169910036
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2011.11.027
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Resistance to activated protein C (RAPC) is a newly recognized hypercoagulable state that was first described in 1993. It has become apparent that RAPC is even more common than deficiencies in protein C, protein S, or antithrombin III (AT-III) and affects an estimated 5% of the general population. The majority of pati...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02000762
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s10016-006-9021-3
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2020.08.115
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2009.05.011
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2006.05.005
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s100160010050
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2007.12.001
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This report describes the surgical management of 24 patients with concurrent abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and urinary tract neoplasm. The patient population consisted of 22 men and two women whose average age was 65.5 years. AAA sizes ranged from 3.1 to 9.0 cm (mean 5.2 cm) in diameter. Urinary tract neoplasms incl...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02143854
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Internal jugular vein (IJV) thrombosis is a rare vascular event. The most common causes of internal jugular vein thrombosis are prolonged central venous catheterization, infection, malignancy and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. We have presented here a case of an 82-year-old male with chronic kidney disease who pre...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2019.08.074
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing transaxillary thoracic outlet decompression (TATOD) is challenging because of the invasive surgery, the complex innervation of the axillary region, and the preoperative use of opioids by many patients. Commonly, postoperative pain is managed with additional opio...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2019.12.005
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2014.02.021
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2016.02.021
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2020.05.053
更新日期:2020-06-04 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To preliminary report on epidemiology, risk factors, diagnosis, treatments, and outcomes in a multicenter series of patients treated for endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) infection and detected by an Italian National enquiry. METHODS:From June 2012, 26 cases of abdominal aortic endograft infection were coll...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2015.07.017
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2014.07.005
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2019.09.036
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2014.05.006
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2009.09.010
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Angiography remains the gold standard imaging modality before infrainguinal bypass. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) have emerged as noninvasive alternatives for preoperative imaging. We sought to examine contemporary trends in the utilization of CTA and MRA as i...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2015.03.039
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To describe endolymphatic balloon-occluded retrograde abdominal lymphangiography (BORAL) and embolization (BORALE) for diagnosis and treatment of chylous ascites in patients with previously unidentifiable leakage site or failed lymphatic embolization. METHODS:Two (66%) men and 1 (33%) woman with mean age of...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2017.10.020
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The management of hepatic artery aneurysms has evolved largely because of changes in etiology and presentation, and advances in endovascular therapy. Although many case reports have been published on the condition, few have been from developing countries and few have compared patient outcomes after angioembo...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2012.08.018
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2018.10.032
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/S0890-5096(07)60039-9
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::This report describes a case of defecation syncope secondary to functional inferior vena cava (IVC) obstruction. Preoperative hemodynamic assessment revealed a marked decrease in blood pressure and IVC obstruction when the patient performed a Valsalva maneuver. The intraoperative approach included continuous hemodynam...
journal_title:Annals of vascular surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02002893
更新日期:1993-07-01 00:00:00