Doubts over new screening plans - BBC Health News 18th April 2008

Doubts are being cast about a screening programme in England for a potentially fatal blood vessel condition. Ministers plan to roll out ultrasound scan screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) for all men aged 65 and over with pilots starting this year. They believe it has the potential to save 700 lives a year. But James Johnson, of Runcorn's Halton Hospital, said surgery to prevent a rupture could be more risky than leaving the aneurysm untreated.

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