Screening results from a large United Kingdom abdominal aortic aneurysm screening center in the context of optimizing United Kingdom National Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme protocols

Within southwest London, AAA was most strongly associated with being white-British, a previous or current smoker, and known hypertension. Targeted education in patient groups with identified risk factors for AAA should be considered to improve screening yield without excluding any subgroup from the screening program. This could draw on resources released by unused scans because of lower than predicted prevalence. AAA diagnosis should be seen as an opportunity to address the increased all-cause mortality associated with aortic aneurysmal disease.