Screening of COPD patients for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Flessenkaemper, Ingo H; Loddenkemper, Robert; Roll, Stephanie; Enke-Melzer, Kathrin; Wurps, Henrik; Bauer, Torsten T

doi:10.2147/COPD.S81439

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Screening of COPD patients for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Author(s): Ingo H Flessenkaemper, Robert Loddenkemper, Stephanie Roll, Kathrin Enke-Melzer, Henrik Wurps, Torsten T Bauer

Publication date: 2015

Journal: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Publisher: Informa UK Ltd.

Keywords: tobacco abuse, epidemiology, inflammatory disease, screening, risk factors, AAA, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Abstract

Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in "men aged over 65 years who have ever smoked" is a recommended policy. To reduce the number of screenings, it may be of value to define subgroups with a higher prevalence of AAA. Since chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and AAA are associated with several common risk factors, this study investigates the prevalence of AAA in COPD patients.