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ArticleVascular health and risk management2020

Early Detection of Undiagnosed Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Sub-Aneurysmal Aortic Dilatations in Patients with High-Risk Coronary Artery Disease: The Value of Targetted Screening Programme.

Siong Teng Saw, Benjamin Dak Keung Leong, Dayang Anita Abdul Aziz

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Article in Vascular health and risk management, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Siong Teng SawFaculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Hospital Queen Elizabeth II, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88300, Malaysia.
Benjamin Dak Keung LeongHospital Queen Elizabeth II, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88300, Malaysia.
Dayang Anita Abdul AzizFaculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-7232-1634
Queen Elizabeth Hospital · MYUniversity Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAbdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and coronary artery disease (CAD) share common risk factors. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of undiagnosed AAA in patients with angiographically diagnosed significant CAD. PATIENTS AND

methodsMale patients aged 50 years and above (including indigenous people) with angiographically diagnosed significant CAD in the recent one year were screened for AAA. Standard definition of abdominal aortic aneurysm and CAD was used. All new patients were followed up for six months for AAA events (ruptured AAA and AAA-related mortality).

resultsA total of 277 male patients were recruited into this study. The total prevalence of undiagnosed AAA in this study population was 1.1% (95% CI 0.2-3.1). In patients with high-risk CAD, the prevalence of undiagnosed AAA was 1.7% (95% CI 0.3-4.8). The detected aneurysms ranged in size from 35.0mm to 63.8mm. Obesity was a common factor in these patients. There were no AAA-related mortality or morbidity during the follow-up. Although the total prevalence of undiagnosed AAA is low in the studied population, the prevalence of sub-aneurysmal aortic dilatation in patients with significant CAD was high at 6.6% (95% CI 3.9-10.2), in which majority were within the younger age group than 65 years old.

conclusionThis was the first study on the prevalence of undiagnosed AAA in a significant CAD population involving indigenous people in the island of Borneo. Targeted screening of patients with high-risk CAD even though they are younger than 65 years old effectively discover potentially harmful asymptomatic AAA and sub-aneurysmal aortic dilatations.

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Mass ScreeningUltrasonographyAgedAorta, AbdominalAortic Aneurysm, AbdominalAortic RuptureBorneoCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseCross-Sectional StudiesDilatation, PathologicDisease ProgressionEarly DiagnosisHumansMaleMiddle Agedabdominal aortic aneurysmcoronary artery diseasesub-aneurysmal aortic dilatation

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PMID32606718
PMCPMC7293413
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