Screening of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Using Portable Transthoracic Echocardiography among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome

Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics.

Patient characteristics	Group 1 (no AAA), N = 61 (%)	Group 2 (AAA), N = 6 (%)	value
Age (year)	58.4 ± 10.4	59 ± 10	NS
Male sex	53 (86)	6 (100)	NS
Risk factors
Smoking	37 (60)	5 (83)	0.0371
Hypertension	35 (57)	4 (66)	NS
Hypercholesterolemia	43 (70)	5 (83)	NS
Diabetes mellitus	25 (40)	2 (33)	NS
Family history of coronary artery disease	26 (42)	4 (66.6)	NS
Body mass index	27.6 ± 3.8	28 ± 2.6	NS
PVDx	5 (8.1)	1 (16)	NS
Medical history
Coronary artery disease	22 (36)	3 (50)	NS
Myocardial infarction	15 (24)	2 (33)	NS
Coronary artery bypass graft	3 (4)	2 (33)	<0.004
Cerebrovascular accident	6 (9)	1 (16)	NS
Type of acute coronary syndrome
STEMI	39 (63)	5 (83)	NS
Non-STEMI	20 (32)	0 (0)	NS
Unstable angina	2 (3)	1 (16)	NS
Extent of coronary artery disease
One-vessel disease	10 (16)	1 (16)	NS
Two-vessel disease	4 (6)	0 (0)	NS
Three-vessel disease	5 (8)	2 (33)	NS
No angiography	42 (68)	3 (50)	NS
Echocardiographic findings
Ejection fraction (%)	50 ± 10	40 ± 10	NS
Intraventricular septum (mm)	10.9 ± 1.3	11.1 ± 1.3	NS
Posterior wall width C (mm)	10.1 ± 1.2	9.7 ± 1.3	NS
Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (mm)	46.9 ± 4.8	48.3 ± 2.3	NS
Left ventricular end-systolic diameter (mm)	32.3 ± 5.9	33.4 ± 2.6	NS
Left atrial diameter (mm)	37.3 ± 4	38 ± 2.4	NS
Abdominal aortic diameter
Suprarenal	22.6 ± 3.1	29.3 ± 3.5	0.0003
Infrarenal	23.3 ± 3	31.3 ± 3.8	0.0003

AAA: abdominal aortic aneurysm; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; PVD: peripheral artery disease.