Key result
A national aortic screening programme modeled on the Gloucestershire aneurysm screening project could potentially prevent deaths from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in men.
The Gloucestershire screening project demonstrates the potential benefits and operational requirements for a national abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme to prevent rupture-related deaths.
May inform national AAA screening policy; leaves open real-world effectiveness pending prospective trials.
Gloucestershire's screening project shows the potential benefits of a national programme and how it could be run Every year about 6000 men die from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in England and Wales. 1 Although this represents only about 2% of all deaths in men, the condition is largely preventable.It is also a disease that seems to be increasingly prevalent, at least in Scotland, despite the fact that deaths from other atherosclerotic conditions are reducing.2 This article explores the requirements for a national aortic screening programme, using as a model the Gloucestershire aneurysm screening project, which has been running for 13 years.3
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Earnshaw et al. (2004) conducted a review in Abdominal aortic aneurysms. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms was evaluated. A national aortic screening programme modeled on the Gloucestershire aneurysm screening project could potentially prevent deaths from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in men.
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