Morphological factors associated with progression of subaneurysmal aortas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this population-based cohort study was to assess the association between aortic morphological baseline factors in 65-year-old men with subaneurysmal aortic diameter (25-29 mm) and risk of later progression to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) generally considered to be at a diameter for repair (at least 55 mm).

Methods

Men with a screening-detected subaneurysmal aorta between 2006 and 2015 in mid-Sweden were re-examined using ultrasonography after 5 and 10 years. Cut-off values for baseline subaneurysmal aortic diameter, aortic size index, aortic height index, and relative aortic diameter (with respect to proximal aorta) were analysed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, and their associations with progression to AAA diameter at least 55

SUBMITTER: Thorbjornsen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10364530 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature