caa a22 4500 475752635 CHVBK 20180406123528.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s005950070098 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s005950070098 Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms during a basic medical checkup in residents of a Japanese rural community [Elektronische Daten] [Koichi Adachi, Takamasa Iwasawa, Tsuyoshi Ono] To determine the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) and the size distribution of the abdominal aortic diameter in the Japanese population, 1591 residents of a farming community were screened by ultrasonography during the annual basic medical checkup arranged by the town. The mean diameter of the abdominal aorta was 17.2 ± 2.2mm and four AAAs were found (0.3%), all in men aged 60 years or older, three of whom were hypertensive. The mean diameter of the common iliac artery was 10.2 ± 5.1mm and five iliac arterial aneurysms were found (0.3%). One man had both aortic and iliac arterial aneurysms. The iliac arterial aneurysms were also found in men, four of whom were aged 60 years or older and had a smoking habit. We were able to keep the cost of screening low by combining the program with an annual basic medical checkup. These findings indicate that it is important to examine the iliac artery as well as the abdominal aorta because the incidence of aneurysm is similar in both. Screening for AAAs using ultrasonography is accurate enough to detect them before rupture, and can be effectively performed in men aged 60 years or older during their annual basic medical checkup. Springer-Verlag, 2000 Screening nationallicence Ultrasonography nationallicence Abdominal aortic aneurysm nationallicence Iliac arterial aneurysm nationallicence Japanese population nationallicence Adachi Koichi Department of Internal Medicine, Ohmori Hospital, 141-2 Sugouda, Ohmori-machi, 015-1201, Akita, Japan aut Iwasawa Takamasa Department of Internal Medicine, Ohmori Hospital, 141-2 Sugouda, Ohmori-machi, 015-1201, Akita, Japan aut Ono Tsuyoshi Department of Internal Medicine, Ohmori Hospital, 141-2 Sugouda, Ohmori-machi, 015-1201, Akita, Japan aut Surgery Today Springer-Verlag 30/7(2000-07-01), 594-599 0941-1291 30:7<594 2000 30 595 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950070098 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950070098 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Adachi Koichi Department of Internal Medicine, Ohmori Hospital, 141-2 Sugouda, Ohmori-machi, 015-1201, Akita, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Iwasawa Takamasa Department of Internal Medicine, Ohmori Hospital, 141-2 Sugouda, Ohmori-machi, 015-1201, Akita, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ono Tsuyoshi Department of Internal Medicine, Ohmori Hospital, 141-2 Sugouda, Ohmori-machi, 015-1201, Akita, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surgery Today Springer-Verlag 30/7(2000-07-01), 594-599 0941-1291 30:7<594 2000 30 595 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer