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===Indications===
'''Screening''' guidelines vary, with for example the UK and Sweden recommending an ultrasound in all males from age 65,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617871/AAA_draft_short_form_decision_aid.pdf|title=NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=Kent2014>{{cite journal | author = Kent KC | title = Clinical practice. Abdominal aortic aneurysms. | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 371 | issue = 22 | pages = 2101–8 | date = 27 November 2014 | pmid = 25427112 | doi=10.1056/NEJMcp1401430}}</ref><ref name=Sv2014>{{cite journal|last1=Svensjö|first1=S|last2=Björck|first2=M|last3=Wanhainen|first3=A|title=Update on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: a topical review.|journal=European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery|date=December 2014|volume=48|issue=6|pages=659–67|doi=10.1016/j.ejvs.2014.08.029|pmid=25443524}}</ref> the US stating males age 65 to 75 years who have a history of smoking,<ref name=USP2014>{{cite journal | author = LeFevre ML | title = Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. | journal = Annals of Internal Medicine | volume = 161 | issue = 4 | pages = 281–90 | date = 19 August 2014 | pmid = 24957320 | doi=10.7326/m14-1204}}</ref> while Australia has no guideline on screening.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Robinson|first1=D|last2=Mees|first2=B|last3=Verhagen|first3=H|last4=Chuen|first4=J|title=Aortic aneurysms - screening, surveillance and referral.|journal=Australian family physician|date=June 2013|volume=42|issue=6|pages=364–9|pmid=23781541}}</ref>
<br>In those with a close relative diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm, Swedish guidelines recommend an ultrasound at around 60 years of age.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alfresco.vgregion.se/alfresco/service/vgr/storage/node/content/6861/Aortascreening%20av%20n%C3%A4ra%20sl%C3%A4kting.pdf?a=false&guest=true|title=Aortascreening av nära släkting (Aortic screening of close relative)|website=Västra Götaland Regional Council|accessdate=2019-01-03}}</ref>
'''Repeat''' ultrasounds should be carried out in those who have an aortic size greater than 3.0 cm.<ref name=Brown2013/> Local guidelines apply, but a general recommendation is that in those whose aorta is between 3.0 and 3.9 cm it should be every three years, if between 4.0 and 4.4 cm every two years, and if between 4.5 and 5.4 cm every year.<ref name=Brown2013>{{cite journal |vauthors=Bown MJ, Sweeting MJ, Brown LC, Powell JT, Thompson SG | title = Surveillance intervals for small abdominal aortic aneurysms: a meta-analysis | journal = JAMA | volume = 309 | issue = 8 | pages = 806–13 | date = February 2013 | pmid = 23443444 | doi = 10.1001/jama.2013.950 | url = }}</ref>
