Original Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2015.56.1.38 pISSN: 0513-5796, eISSN: 1976-2437
Yonsei Med J 56(1):38-44, 2015
Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm during Transthoracic Echocardiography in Patients with Significant Coronary Artery Disease Sung Ho Lee,1* Sung-A Chang,2* Shin Yi Jang,2 Sang-Chol Lee,2 Young Bin Song,2 Seung Woo Park,2 Seung-Hyuk Choi,2 Hyeon-Cheol Gwon,2 Jae K. Oh,2,3 and Duk-Kyung Kim2 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul; 2 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 3 Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Received: December 3, 2013 Revised: March 12, 2014 Accepted: March 27, 2014 Corresponding author: Dr. Duk-Kyung Kim, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3410-3419, Fax: 82-2-3410-3849 E-mail: [email protected] *Sung Ho Lee and Sung-A Chang equally contributed to this work. ∙ The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.
Purpose: Coronary artery disease (CAD) shares several risk factors with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). We evaluated the prevalence during transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and risk factors of AAA in patients with CAD. Materials and Methods: A total of 1300 CAD patients were screened from August 2009 to May 2010, and measurement of abdominal aorta size was feasible in 920 patients (71%) at the end of routine TTE. An AAA was defined as having a maximal diameter of ≥30 mm. Results: Of the 920 patients, 22 (2.4% of the study population) were diagnosed with AAA; of these AAA patients, 86% were male, and 82% were over 65 years-old. Abdominal aortic size was weakly correlated with aortic root diameter (r=0.22, p
http://dx.doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2015.56.1.38 pISSN: 0513-5796, eISSN: 1976-2437
Yonsei Med J 56(1):38-44, 2015
Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm during Transthoracic Echocardiography in Patients with Significant Coronary Artery Disease Sung Ho Lee,1* Sung-A Chang,2* Shin Yi Jang,2 Sang-Chol Lee,2 Young Bin Song,2 Seung Woo Park,2 Seung-Hyuk Choi,2 Hyeon-Cheol Gwon,2 Jae K. Oh,2,3 and Duk-Kyung Kim2 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul; 2 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 3 Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Received: December 3, 2013 Revised: March 12, 2014 Accepted: March 27, 2014 Corresponding author: Dr. Duk-Kyung Kim, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3410-3419, Fax: 82-2-3410-3849 E-mail: [email protected] *Sung Ho Lee and Sung-A Chang equally contributed to this work. ∙ The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.
Purpose: Coronary artery disease (CAD) shares several risk factors with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). We evaluated the prevalence during transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and risk factors of AAA in patients with CAD. Materials and Methods: A total of 1300 CAD patients were screened from August 2009 to May 2010, and measurement of abdominal aorta size was feasible in 920 patients (71%) at the end of routine TTE. An AAA was defined as having a maximal diameter of ≥30 mm. Results: Of the 920 patients, 22 (2.4% of the study population) were diagnosed with AAA; of these AAA patients, 86% were male, and 82% were over 65 years-old. Abdominal aortic size was weakly correlated with aortic root diameter (r=0.22, p
