Preoperative evaluation and management of coronary and carotid artery occlusive disease in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms

Abstract

Aortic aneurysms rarely exist without systemic manifestations of atherosclerosis beyond the confines of the aneurysm. Preoperative evaluation of coronary and carotid disease is critical in the management of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms in the perioperative period as well as in the long term.