PMID: 8586947Jan 1, 1995Paper

Detection of asymptomatic abdominal aorta in coronary disease patients having undergone coronarography

Journal des maladies vasculaires
M HodaraJ L Richard

Abstract

Detection of asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAAA) was studied in 780 patients whose coronary disease had been evolving for less than 2 years, who had undergone coronagraphy within the framework of the French ALAC Survey (Autres Localisations de l'Athérosclérose chez le Coronarien--other locations of atherosclerosis in coronary disease) and had an interpretable abdominal aortic echography. Clinical and echographic research detected 19 AAAA cases in 15 men and 4 women aged 53 to 77 years having at coronagraphy at least one stenosis > or = 70% on one of the 3 coronary trunks or > or = 50% on the commun trunk. Among the 577 coronary disease patients with at least one significant stenosis, the prevalence of AAAA was 3.3%. Seventeen aneurysms were missed at abdominal palpation. A subgroup of 458 patients aged 50 to 79 years had significant coronary stenosis without history of aortic surgery. There was no significant difference between the 19 AAAA cases and the 439 cases of coronary disease without aortic aneurysm, as regards risk factors, especially age, high blood pressure and tobacco consumption. On the other hand, the 19 AAAA cases had more diffused and more severe atherosclerotic lesions in the lower limbs and carotid ar...Continue Reading

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