Abstract
At a patient group meeting in your practice, there is interest in screening for aortic aneurysm (AAA) following the tragic demise of the chairman from a ruptured aneurysm. Which
AAA is as common in women as in men Computerized tomography is the screening method of choice The usual threshold for intervention is 7 cm 4% of men over 65 years will have an AAA Women are to be screened from 2009 by the NHS