Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
什么是AAA超声筛查?
AAA筛选(或 腹主动脉瘤 screening) is an ultrasound that looks at the main blood vessels in the abdomen. This imaging study allows your physicians to see whether your blood vessels are an abnormal size or dilated.
你的 primary care physician may recommend this screening if you have a history of smoking or your family has had aneurysms in the past (you have a family history of aneurysms).
If you have an 腹主动脉瘤, you may not have symptoms as the condition doesn't usually have visible symptoms (this is called asymptomatic). 这就是大发娱乐筛选他们的原因.
AAA女性筛查
AAA screenings are specifically recommended for men who have a history of smoking and are over the age of 65. We also recommend them for both men and women who have a family history of AAA.
Because AAA is far more common in men than women, we don’t recommend screening for women without a family history of AAA.
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在AAA放映会上期待什么
你的 筛选约会 很可能是在早上. Before the screening we will ask you to fast from midnight the night before until after your test. You can take medications with small sips of water.
Because screenings are the first appointments we do, your wait time should be quite short. We won’t necessarily need you to change into a gown. For the screening we need to get a clear view of your chest. If you can lift your shirt up high and roll your pants down to your belly button, 大发娱乐可以得到一个清晰的图像.
放映期间, you will lay on your back while a technician uses an ultrasound probe to take images and measurements of your abdominal aorta. 不涉及针头! We will move the ultrasound probe on your abdomen with light pressure. The machine will produce some sounds during the procedure.
We schedule your appointment for an hour, but the screening usually takes around 30 minutes.
After the screening is complete a vascular surgeon will review the measurements the technician takes of your abdominal aorta. If they find that your aorta is larger than normal, we may recommend 你去看主动脉专家.
AAA筛选后
After the screening, you will be able to 在我的图表中查看你的结果. If in the screening we find an 腹主动脉瘤, we will create a treatment plan to manage your condition. If your aneurysm is small and you don't have symptoms, we will most likely recommend regular check-ups of your condition (we call this monitoring).
If your aneurysm is large or you have any symptoms, we will discuss potential surgical treatment options.
监测你的动脉瘤
We will schedule regular abdominal ultrasound studies to check on the size of the aneurysm and see if it is growing. The schedule for these appointments will depend on your individual condition.
在这些常规的约会中, we will also make sure that you are managing any other medical conditions. These conditions, such as high blood pressure, could worsen your aneurysm.
大发娱乐什么时候推荐手术
你的 specialists will usually recommend repairing your AAA with surgery if:
- 你的动脉瘤达到了1.9 to 2.2英寸（4英寸）.8 to 5.6厘米)或更大.
- 如果它增长得很快.
- If you have symptoms such as stomach pain or you have a leaking, tender or painful aneurysm.
We will recommend what type of surgery you should have depending on several factors. 这些包括：
- AAA的位置和大小，
- 你的年龄，以及
- 其他情况.
