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Recommendations for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has recently issued an official government recommendation for AAA screening in men between 65 and 75 that have ever smoked. This is a step in the right direction and will hopefully lead to Medicare reimbursement of this important screening exam.
Organizations such as the Society for Interventional Radiology and others praised the recommendation but feel that it comes up short and that screening should be recommended to include male nonsmokers and women with a positive family history of AAA. The Society for Vascular Surgery recommends screening for all men aged 60 to 85 years, women aged 60 to 85 years with cardiovascular risk factors, and men and women older than 50 years with a family history of AAA.
