Detection of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease

摘要: Abstract Objective To describe the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). Design Observational, descriptive, transverse study. Patients and methods We performed an ultrasound 1190 consecutive lower limb chronic ischemia (1/99–12/04). registered cardiovascular risk factors clinical data for analysis. Results The was inconclusive 24 (2%) patients; 1166 completed They were mostly male (93.7%), age mean 67±9.9 years (37.7–93.4). main were: smoking (80.9%), hypertension (41.7%) hypercholesterolemia (31.4%). AAA 13% (n=151). Only 1.5% (n=17) had a large (>5 cm). clearly more prevalent men (n=148; 13.6%) than women (n=3; 4.1%) (RR 3.47; 95% CI 1.11–10.89; p=0.02). significantly increased age, maximum 17.1% over 75-year-old (p=0.006). tibial higher aortoiliac or femoro-popliteal (p=0.02). Conclusions PAD is much that reported general population. recommend be routinely included study these patients. Over are at particularly high-risk.