Low Prevalence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Hypertensive Patients
- 12 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Medica Scandinavica
- Vol. 218 (3) , 305-310
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1985.tb06129.x
Abstract
The prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) was estimated by ultrasonography in hypertensives in the age group 50–70 years in a geographically defined population. Only one case of AAA was found among 245 patients. This rather unexpected result implies a probability of less than 5% that the true prevalence of AAA is as high as 2% in hypertensives. Our population‐based study indicates a lower prevalence than earlier studies based on necropsies and is an example of research cooperation between primary health care and specialized hospital care.Keywords
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