A clinical test for early diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Stanford inventors have developed an early-stage screening method to diagnose abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). AAA is a common cardiovascular disease with high prevalence in European men 65 years and above. Even though there is a mortality rate of 90%, the current method of diagnosis is often by accidental ultrasound, and usually at very late stages.
Despite a strong genetic component, understanding of AAA is still limited, so there is no effective screening test for AAA in early stages. This invention, as a product from our scientific research, aims to fill this gap and provide an effective solution for early AAA diagnosis and screening.

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