Symptomatic and asymptomatic peripheral artery disease and the risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study

Symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). However, data on the association of asymptomatic PAD with AAA are limited. We explored the association of symptomatic and asymptomatic PAD with AAA.

Source: Atherosclerosis - August 13, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Caitlin W. Hicks, Ada Al-Qunaibet, Ning Ding, Lucia Kwak, Aaron R. Folsom, Hirofumi Tanaka, Thomas Mosley, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Weihong Tang, Gerardo Heiss, Kunihiro Matsushita Source Type: research