In screening with ultrasonography among males aged 65–74 years.8,9 addition to uncertainty around the impact of AAA screening In total, 4 RCTs have shown that one time AAA screening reduces among females, one contributory knowledge gap may be a lack of risk of AAA related death, rupture, and emergency repair among contemporary evidence on the cost effectiveness of screening. [...] To maxi dence of efficacy, economic evaluations, patients’ perspectives, mize QALY gains and AAA related deaths prevented per budget impact and equity and distributive justice.47 The scope resources spent, AAA screening programs should be designed to and budgetary cost of an AAA screening program would also ensure that populations with high prevalence of AAA participate. [...] The true impact of screening programs in analysis of the growth and rupture rates of small abdominal aortic aneurysms: Canada will not be known until implemented. [...] Government for the diagnosis and management of aortic disease: a report of the Ameri of Ontario; 2017. [...] agement and Evaluation (Vervoort, Tam, de Acknowledgement: This manuscript was Mestral), Division of Cardiac Surgery (Vervoort, Content licence: This is an Open Access article reviewed and endorsed by the Executive Com Tam) and Institute of Medical Science (Hirode), distributed in accordance with the terms of the mittee of the Canadian Society for Vascular University of Toronto; Toronto Centre fo.
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