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An Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is a potentially fatal condition which can particularly affect older men, but can be detected with a simple ultrasound screening test. In Northern Ireland, the AAA Screening Programme offers this test to men in the year they turn 65. The success of the programme, in detecting and successfully managing this condition, has been highlighted at an event in Belfast attended by over thirty men who have taken part in screening. The AAA Screening Programme’s twelfth annual service user event in Belfast brought together a wide range of healthcare professionals and men
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a widening of the main artery in the body, as it passes through the abdomen. The walls of the artery weaken, causing it to ba
lloon out. It is more common in older men, smokers, people with high blood pressure and people with other cardiovascular diseases.