A nurse-run clinic for patients with incidentally discovered small abdominal aortic aneurysms is feasible and cost-effective

摘要

Introduction: Patients with incidentally discovered small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) require assessment by a vascular surgery department for possible enrollment in a surveillance programme. Our unit implemented a vascular nurse-run AAA clinic in October 2010. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of a specialist nurse-run small AAA clinic.