Usefulness of Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm During Transthoracic Echocardiography in Women ≥50 Years of Age

Usefulness of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) during transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in women is uncertain. The aim of the present study was to clarify the clinical usefulness of screening for AAA during TTE and to identify important TTE indices associated with AAA in women in a r...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2018-12, Vol.122 (12), p.2147-2150
Main Authors: Matsumura, Yoshihisa, Ochi, Yuri, Wada, Michiko, Hirakawa, Daigo, Yamanaka, Shigeo, Kamioka, Mikio, Kitaoka, Hiroaki, Orihashi, Kazumasa, Nakaoka, Yoko, Doi, Yoshinori, Sugiura, Tetsuro
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Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aneurysms
Aorta
Aorta, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - diagnosis
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - epidemiology
Aortic aneurysms
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary vessels
Echocardiography
Echocardiography - methods
Female
Humans
Hypertension
Incidence
Japan - epidemiology
Mass Screening - methods
Medical imaging
Patients
Prospective Studies
Regression analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Screening
Studies
Variables
Velocity
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Summary:Usefulness of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) during transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in women is uncertain. The aim of the present study was to clarify the clinical usefulness of screening for AAA during TTE and to identify important TTE indices associated with AAA in women in a routine clinical setting. We prospectively studied 1,495 women (≥50 years) referred for TTE. AAA was defined as ≥30 mm in size. The additional screening time for AAA was
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.08.050