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des, there has been little change in the incidence of ruptured AAA and the high death rate for those who have surgery to repair a rupture. During the same time, the economics of medicine and the relationship between patients and insurance carriers has changed.

"It's possible that, at the same time we were making great strides in tools to find and repair AAAs, decreased access to health care has limited the value of these advances," he says.

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Contact: Kara Gavin
kegavin@umich.edu
734-764-2220
University of Michigan Health System
23-Sep-2003

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