Expansion of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening and Ultrasound Utilization and Diagnosis

Vy Thuy Ho; John H Cabot; Elizabeth L George; Manuel Garcia-Toca; Jonathan H Chen; Steven M Asch; Jason T Lee

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.4662

Expansion of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening and Ultrasound Utilization and Diagnosis

JAMA Surg. 2023 Dec 1;158(12):1349-1351. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.4662.

Authors

Vy Thuy Ho¹, John H Cabot¹, Elizabeth L George¹, Manuel Garcia-Toca², Jonathan H Chen^{3

4

5}, Steven M Asch⁶, Jason T Lee¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
² Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
⁴ Division of Hospital Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
⁵ Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
⁶ Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study uses a deidentified national administrative claims database to assess the association of eligibility expansion with abdominal aortic aneurysm screening and diagnosis.

MeSH terms

Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Mass Screening*
Ultrasonography