Correlation of Atherosclerotic Risk Factors with the Size of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)

Abdominal aortic aneurysm represents a local pathological dilatation of the abdominal aorta. It is caused by structural weakness of aortic wall but there are many other risk factors that may positively correlate with incidence of AAA like hypertension, smoking, male gender, older age, family history...

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Published in:Materia socio-medica 2019-12, Vol.31 (4), p.273-276
Main Authors: Rustempasic, Nedzad, Semi, Selma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Aneurysms
Aortic aneurysms
Atherosclerosis
Family medical history
Heart surgery
Hypertension
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Risk factors
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Summary:Abdominal aortic aneurysm represents a local pathological dilatation of the abdominal aorta. It is caused by structural weakness of aortic wall but there are many other risk factors that may positively correlate with incidence of AAA like hypertension, smoking, male gender, older age, family history etc. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the correlation of atherosclerotic risk factors and the size of aortic aneurysm in patients that were admitted for the surgical treatment at the Clinic for cardiovascular surgery in Sarajevo during period 2016-2019. The study was designed as a retrospective study with one group of patients that was conducted at the Clinical Center of the University of Sarajevo at the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery. It included 150 patients, 126 males and 24 females, all of them with infrarenal localization of AAA. From medical records we have collected relevant anamnestic data (age, gender, positive family history, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity). The size of aneurysm was determined by both ultrasound and CT arteriography. The data are processed in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences Ver. 22.0. The results are tabulated or graphically showed, and level of statistical significance was set at p
ISSN:1512-7680
1986-597X
DOI:10.5455/msm.2019.31.273-276