Scott RA, Wilson NM, Ashton HA, et al. Influence of screening on the incidence of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: 5-year results of a randomized controlled study. Br J Surg. 1995;82:1066–70.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Summers KL, Kerut EK, Sheahan CM, et al. Evaluating the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States through a national screening database. J Vasc Surg. 2021;73:61–8.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Chan WK, Yong E, Hong Q, et al. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in Asian populations. J Vasc Surg. 2021;73:1069-74.e1.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Bradbury AW, Makhdoomi KR, Adam DJ, et al. Twelve-year experience of the management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Br J Surg. 1997;84:1705–7.

CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Brown LC, Powell JT. Risk factors for aneurysm rupture in patients kept under ultrasound surveillance. UK small aneurysm trial participants. Ann Surg. 1999;230:289–96 (discussion 96-7).

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Acher C, Acher CW, Castello Ramirez MC, et al. Operative mortality and morbidity in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in the endovascular age. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020;66:70–6.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Isselbacher EM, Preventza O, Hamilton Black J 3rd, et al. ACC/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and management of aortic disease: a report of the American heart association/American college of cardiology joint committee on clinical practice guidelines. Circulation. 2022;146:e334–482.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Wanhainen A, Van Herzeele I, Bastos Goncalves F, et al. Editor’s choice—European society for vascular surgery (ESVS) 2024 clinical practice guidelines on the management of abdominal aorto-iliac artery aneurysms. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2024;67:192–331.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Aboyans V, Bataille V, Bliscaux P, et al. Effectiveness of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm during echocardiography. Am J Cardiol. 2014;114:1100–4.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Roshanali F, Mandegar MH, Yousefnia MA, et al. Abdominal aorta screening during transthoracic echocardiography. Echocardiography. 2007;24:685–8.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Argyriou C, Georgiadis GS, Kontopodis N, et al. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm during transthoracic echocardiography: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2018;55:475–91.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Fleming C, Whitlock EP, Beil TL, et al. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: a best-evidence systematic review for the U.S. preventive services task force. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:203–11.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Kato T, Ishida S, Miyamoto S, et al. A propensity score-matching analysis of transthoracic echocardiography and abdominal ultrasonography for the detection of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Clin Med Insights Cardiol. 2015;9:11–5.

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Mitchell C, Rahko PS, Blauwet LA, et al. Guidelines for performing a comprehensive transthoracic echocardiographic examination in adults: recommendations from the American society of echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019;32:1–64.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Lang RM, Badano LP, Mor-Avi V, et al. Recommendations for cardiac chamber quantification by echocardiography in adults: an update from the American society of echocardiography and the European association of cardiovascular imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015;28(1–39): e14.

Google Scholar 

Nagueh SF, Smiseth OA, Appleton CP, et al. Recommendations for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function by echocardiography: an update from the American society of echocardiography and the European association of cardiovascular imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2016;29:277–314.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Kanda Y. Investigation of the freely available easy-to-use software ‘EZR’ for medical statistics. Bone Marrow Transpl. 2013;48:452–8.

Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Daimon M, Watanabe H, Abe Y, et al. Normal values of echocardiographic parameters in relation to age in a healthy Japanese population: the JAMP study. Circ J. 2008;72:1859–66.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Thompson SG, Ashton HA, Gao L, et al. Final follow-up of the multicentre aneurysm screening study (MASS) randomized trial of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening. Br J Surg. 2012;99:1649–56.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Owens DK, Davidson KW, Force USPST, et al. Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: US preventive services task force recommendation statement. JAMA. 2019;322:2211–8.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Oh SH, Chang SA, Jang SY, et al. Routine screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm during clinical transthoracic echocardiography in a Korean population. Echocardiography. 2010;27:1182–7.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Matsumura Y, Wada M, Hirakawa D, et al. Clinical utility of transthoracic echocardiography for screening abdominal aortic aneurysm: a prospective study in a Japanese population. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2016;14:8.

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar