Guidance

Monitoring your medium abdominal aortic aneurysm

Information for men who have a medium abdominal aortic aneurysm detected through screening.

Applies to England

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This leaflet provides information and guidance for men who have a medium aneurysm detected through abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening.

This information is also available in HTML format for print for people who cannot access digital information.

This information is also available in 10 other languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian and Urdu.

To request another format, you can phone 0300 311 22 33 or email england.contactus@nhs.net.

Published 17 March 2015

Last updated 2326 ~~June~~November 2025 + show all updates

26 November 2025
New version of medium AAA results leaflet. Multiple changes (none clinical), largely at a textual level designed to increase readability, plus some restructuring to improve flow of information.

23 June 2025
Changed content type to guidance.
19 November 2024
Removed the PDF version as this document is not accessible. Removed the screening helpdesk information. Added up-to-date information on how to request alternative formats.
28 July 2022
Updating confidentiality section, replacing mention of Public Health England with NHS England.
21 October 2021
Addition of plain A4 PDF version for printing, to provide for people unable to access this information online.
9 November 2020
Updated translations in accessible HTML format.
2 April 2020
Updated leaflet.
27 March 2018
Updated prevalence data and reviewed leaflet.
17 March 2015
First published.