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Russia plans to add tests to adult health screenings
Russia plans to expand routine health screenings for adults under a proposed update to the rules.
The added checks would focus on heart and blood vessel disease, including a blood test for lipoprotein(a) and an assessment of heart disease risk.
Doctors could also use heart or chest CT scans patients have already had to assess coronary calcium.
People aged 50 and over with smoking-related or other risk factors could be offered low-dose lung CT scans.
Some men aged 65 to 75 would be offered abdominal aorta ultrasound, including those who smoke or used to smoke and those with a close relative who had an aneurysm.
The proposal also sets different schedules for cholesterol testing by age: every three years from age 40, and every six years for younger adults.
The changes could take effect on March 1, 2027, if approved.
Russia is considering changes to adult health screenings that would add tests for cardiovascular disease and other conditions.
The proposed changes include assessing coronary calcium from existing CT scans and estimating the likelihood of coronary heart disease.
A blood test for lipoprotein(a) and checks of lipid profiles are also proposed.
Some people aged 50 and over could be offered low-dose lung CT, while ultrasound of the abdominal aorta is proposed for some men aged 65–75.
The new rules could take effect on 1 March 2027.
- Who
- Adults in Russia undergoing health screenings, with some additional tests aimed at specific age and risk groups.
- What
- Russia is considering adding tests and changing screening procedures.
- When
- The proposed rules could take effect on 1 March 2027.
- Where
- Russia.
- Why
- To add screening for cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis. The sources do not state a further reason.
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News reports described proposed changes to adult health screening procedures.
The proposed rules could take effect.
- Proposed start date
- 1 March 2027
- Coronary calcium
- Assessment using existing CT scans of the heart or chest
- Lipoprotein(a)
- Blood test proposed during preventive medical examinations
- Low-dose lung CT
- Proposed for some people aged 50 and over with smoking-related or other risk factors
- Abdominal aorta ultrasound
- Proposed for men aged 65–75 who smoke or used to smoke, and some with a family history of aneurysm