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SUBMITTER: Siso-Almirall A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5409053 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sisó-Almirall Antoni A Kostov Belchin B Navarro González Marta M Cararach Salami Daniel D Pérez Jiménez Alfonso A Gilabert Solé Rosa R Bru Saumell Concepció C Donoso Bach Lluís L Villalta Martí Mireia M González-de Paz Luis L Ruiz Riera Rafael R Riambau Alonso Vicenç V Acar-Denizli Nihan N Farré Almacellas Marta M Ramos-Casals Manuel M Benavent Àreu Jaume J
PloS one 20170428 4
We determined the feasibility of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening program led by family physicians in public primary healthcare setting using hand-held ultrasound device. The potential study population was 11,214 men aged ≥ 60 years attended by three urban, public primary healthcare centers. Participants were recruited by randomly-selected telephone calls. Ultrasound examinations were performed by four trained family physicians with a hand-held ultrasound device (Vscan®). AAA observed w ...[more]