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

Yousef ShukhaOfir KorenTsafrir OrYoav TurgemanMahmud MahamidMohamed Jabaren

Published in: Cardiology research and practice (2020)

The overall prevalence of AAA is significantly high among patients with ACS and increases with age. AAA screening as a part of routine cardiac TTE can be easily, rapidly, and feasibly performed and yield accurate findings. AAD measurement in the subcostal view should be implemented as a part of routine TTE in patients with ACS.

Keyphrases

abdominal aortic aneurysm
acute coronary syndrome
left ventricular
clinical practice
risk factors
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
mass spectrometry
low cost