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. 2020 Jun 9:16:215-229.
doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S250735. eCollection 2020.

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  1 , Benjamin Dak Keung Leong  2 , Dayang Anita Abdul Aziz  3
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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 et al. Vasc Health Risk Manag. .

Abstract

Introduction: Abdominal 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 methods: Male 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).

Results: A 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.

Conclusion: This 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.

Keywords: abdominal aortic aneurysm; coronary artery disease; sub-aneurysmal aortic dilatation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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Study flow diagram.
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm in patients with significant coronary artery disease. Abbreviations: AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm; CAD, coronary artery disease.
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Sub-aneurysmal aortic dilatation in patients with significant coronary artery disease.
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Age distribution in patients with sub-aneurysmal aortic dilatation.
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Distribution of abdominal aortic diameter in patients with significant coronary artery disease.
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Figure 6
Distribution of abdominal aortic diameter in patients with high-risk and non-high-risk coronary artery disease.
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