During her doctoral research, Esther Maas investigated the use of new ultrasound techniques to image dangerous aortic aneurysms for patient-specific care. An aneurysm is a dangerous vascular ...

Estimates indicate that a well-established screening programme could prevent up to 100 deaths from abdominal aortic aneurysms each year.

Ultrasound can detect abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) before they are likely to rupture. However, it is unclear whether the overall benefits of screening for AAAs outweigh the potential harms.

An abdominal aortic aneurysm, a widening of the main artery ... The screening involves an ultrasound scan of about 5-10 minutes with results available immediately afterwards.

There's clearly an increased incidence in first-degree relatives of those who've had abdominal aortic aneurysms. The screening test of choice is probably abdominal ultrasound. That's an ...