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Long-term outcomes and cost-effectiveness of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm

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boxed-textKim LG et al. for the Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study Group (2007) A sustained mortality benefit from screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Ann Intern Med 146: 699–706

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  1. JW Olin is Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Director of Vascular Medicine in the Zena and Michael A Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Josée and Henry R Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.,

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