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H Bengtsson

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Ultrasonographic screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: analysis of surgical decisions for cost-effectiveness.

A mathematic model is created to determine the economic cost per year of anticipated prolongation of life that would result from a program of abdominal ultrasonographic (US) screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm. The protocol involves US screening at age 60, 67, and 74 years with additional annual follow-up US and examination if an aneurysm of less than 40 mm is detected. Larger aneurysms are assumed to be sent for early elective resection. The benefits and risks for a subset of men with symptoms of intermittent claudication (IC) as an additional risk factor of atherosclerosis is calculated for comparison. Many of the factors on which these calculated costs and benefits are based are approximations and inferences. These include operative mortality for elective and emergent cases, charges for each such condition, cost of US, and anticipated survival following successful aneurysmectomy both with and without concomitant IC. Sensitivity analysis is performed to show how variations in the major parameters alter the outcome of the calculated cost per year of anticipated extension of life.

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Abdominal aortic dilatation in patients operated on for carotid artery stenosis.

The prevalence of abdominal aortic dilatation among 201 men and 86 women who underwent carotid endarterectomy in 1971-1982 was studied from the date of operation to the end of 1984. Of the 109 patients who died during this time, 96 were autopsied, and 13 (13.5%) of them had aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. Ultrasonographic screening of the abdominal aorta was performed on 154 survivors, and showed dilatation in 17 (11%), 12/100 men and 5/54 women. The prevalence of hypertension, intermittent claudication, diabetes mellitus and coronary insufficiency at the time of endarterectomy did not differ between the patients with or without aortic aneurysm or dilatation. Patients who have undergone endarterectomy of the internal carotid artery constitute a group with high prevalence of abdominal aortic dilatation.

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