Patients with an ectatic aorta progress to aneurysm, but is it cost effective to monitor them?

Any provider who has cared for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) knows that treating a patient with a ruptured AAA is completely different from treating a patient electively for AAA. Regardless of whether the treatment strategy is open or endovascular, all would agree that improved identification of AAA before rupture, enabling elective repair, results in markedly improved patient outcomes. As a result, AAA screening is critically important and has been implemented for specific populations in the United States and around the globe.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Invited commentary Source Type: research