Screening cardiovascular patients for aortic aneurysms (SCAN) - high prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms in coronary heart disease patients requiring intervention.

Conclusions: This study confirms that CHD requiring any type of coronary intervention is strongly associated with AAA in male patients. AAA prevalence increases with CHD severity. Since the AAA prevalence is still significantly higher than in the general population, targeted ultrasound screening should be considered for all CHD patients. PMID: 32631140 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten. Journal for Vascular Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Vasa Source Type: research