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Prevalence and Prediction of Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Abdominal Aorta in Koreans: Results of Screening During Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination

BACKGROUND: Aortic aneurysm (AA) is an enlargement of the aorta to greater than 1.5 times normal size. Although the US guideline recommends ultrasound screening for abdominal AA (AAA) in men older than 65 years regardless of symptoms, limited data describe the prevalence of AAA in Korea. In this stu...

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Autores principales: An, Soo Yeon, Hwang, Wonmook, Sun, Byung Joo, Park, Jae-Hyeong
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Publicado: Korean Society of Echocardiography 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7572259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33086441
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcvi.2020.0034
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author An, Soo Yeon
Hwang, Wonmook
Sun, Byung Joo
Park, Jae-Hyeong
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description BACKGROUND: Aortic aneurysm (AA) is an enlargement of the aorta to greater than 1.5 times normal size. Although the US guideline recommends ultrasound screening for abdominal AA (AAA) in men older than 65 years regardless of symptoms, limited data describe the prevalence of AAA in Korea. In this study, we screened patients for AAA during transthoracic echocardiographic examination (TTE). METHODS: We screened for AAA in all consecutive subjects older than 60 years who underwent TTE. We defined AAA as an abdominal aorta with the diameter greater than 30 mm. RESULTS: We analyzed 5,679 persons (2,272 females, 74 ± 8 years old). The mean size of the abdominal aorta was 19.0 ± 6.1 mm. The prevalence of AAA was 2.9% (165/5,679) and was significantly higher in males (4.7% vs. 1.1%, p < 0.001). AAA was significantly associated with male sex (odds ratio [OR] = 3.098, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.971-4.870, p < 0.001), older age (OR = 1.074, 95% CI = 1.050-1.097, p < 0.001), non-diabetes (OR = 1.886, 95% CI = 1.264-2.813, p < 0.001), dyslipidemia (OR = 1.475, 95% CI = 1.019-2.135, p = 0.040), ever-smoker (OR = 2.090, 95% CI = 1.448-3.015, p < 0.001), chronic kidney disease (CKD, OR = 1.757, 95% CI = 1.182-2.612, p = 0.005), and coronary artery disease (CAD, OR = 2.452, 95% CI = 1.742-3.451, p < 0.001). A prediction score with a multivariate model (range: 3.34-10.51) detected AAA with a sensitivity of 79.4% and a specificity of 66.8% with a reference value > 6.8 (area under the curve = 0.799). CONCLUSIONS: In Korea, the prevalence of AAA was 2.9% in subjects older than 60 years during TTE, and AAA was significantly associated with older age, male sex, non-diabetes, dyslipidemia, ever-smoker, CKD, and CAD. Prediction score (> 6.8%) detected AAA with a sensitivity of 79.4% and a specificity of 66.8%.
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spelling pubmed-75722592020-10-23 Prevalence and Prediction of Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Abdominal Aorta in Koreans: Results of Screening During Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination An, Soo Yeon Hwang, Wonmook Sun, Byung Joo Park, Jae-Hyeong J Cardiovasc Imaging Original Article BACKGROUND: Aortic aneurysm (AA) is an enlargement of the aorta to greater than 1.5 times normal size. Although the US guideline recommends ultrasound screening for abdominal AA (AAA) in men older than 65 years regardless of symptoms, limited data describe the prevalence of AAA in Korea. In this study, we screened patients for AAA during transthoracic echocardiographic examination (TTE). METHODS: We screened for AAA in all consecutive subjects older than 60 years who underwent TTE. We defined AAA as an abdominal aorta with the diameter greater than 30 mm. RESULTS: We analyzed 5,679 persons (2,272 females, 74 ± 8 years old). The mean size of the abdominal aorta was 19.0 ± 6.1 mm. The prevalence of AAA was 2.9% (165/5,679) and was significantly higher in males (4.7% vs. 1.1%, p < 0.001). AAA was significantly associated with male sex (odds ratio [OR] = 3.098, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.971-4.870, p < 0.001), older age (OR = 1.074, 95% CI = 1.050-1.097, p < 0.001), non-diabetes (OR = 1.886, 95% CI = 1.264-2.813, p < 0.001), dyslipidemia (OR = 1.475, 95% CI = 1.019-2.135, p = 0.040), ever-smoker (OR = 2.090, 95% CI = 1.448-3.015, p < 0.001), chronic kidney disease (CKD, OR = 1.757, 95% CI = 1.182-2.612, p = 0.005), and coronary artery disease (CAD, OR = 2.452, 95% CI = 1.742-3.451, p < 0.001). A prediction score with a multivariate model (range: 3.34-10.51) detected AAA with a sensitivity of 79.4% and a specificity of 66.8% with a reference value > 6.8 (area under the curve = 0.799). CONCLUSIONS: In Korea, the prevalence of AAA was 2.9% in subjects older than 60 years during TTE, and AAA was significantly associated with older age, male sex, non-diabetes, dyslipidemia, ever-smoker, CKD, and CAD. Prediction score (> 6.8%) detected AAA with a sensitivity of 79.4% and a specificity of 66.8%. Korean Society of Echocardiography 2020-10 2020-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7572259/ /pubmed/33086441 http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcvi.2020.0034 Text en Copyright © 2020 Korean Society of Echocardiography https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
An, Soo Yeon
Hwang, Wonmook
Sun, Byung Joo
Park, Jae-Hyeong
Prevalence and Prediction of Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Abdominal Aorta in Koreans: Results of Screening During Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination
title Prevalence and Prediction of Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Abdominal Aorta in Koreans: Results of Screening During Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination
title_full Prevalence and Prediction of Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Abdominal Aorta in Koreans: Results of Screening During Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination
title_fullStr Prevalence and Prediction of Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Abdominal Aorta in Koreans: Results of Screening During Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and Prediction of Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Abdominal Aorta in Koreans: Results of Screening During Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination
title_short Prevalence and Prediction of Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Abdominal Aorta in Koreans: Results of Screening During Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination
title_sort prevalence and prediction of aneurysmal dilatation of the abdominal aorta in koreans: results of screening during transthoracic echocardiographic examination
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7572259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33086441
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcvi.2020.0034
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