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Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: standards report 2019 to 2020

Data report for abdominal aortic aneurysm screening for 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 25 February 2021

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AAA standards report 2019 to 2020

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AAA standards data 2019 to 2020

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Details

This publication covers the NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme.

Main findings

The report shows that:

• approximately 288,000 men were offered screening with 77.0% of men receiving a conclusive screen
• 2,045 aneurysms (aorta measuring ≥3.0cm) were found
• 8,340 men self referred for AAA screening with 3.8% of screened men having an aneurysm detected
• there were approximately 15,000 men on surveillance during the year and just under 23,000 surveillance scans were undertaken
• 875 men with large aneurysms (≥5.5cm) were referred for surgery. 94.5% of men appropriately referred, not declining and suitable for surgery underwent elective repair

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Published 25 February 2021