Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Before Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease; Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Abdominal aortic Duplex ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05449509

KAEK/2022.02.43

Details and patient eligibility

About

Coronary artery disease (CAD) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are two separate entities with common risk factors such as hypertension, advanced age, male sex. Atherosclerosis plays an important role in the etiology of both diseases. It has been reported that AAA is more prevalent in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Despite all the evidence, current guidelines do not recommend routine screening for AAA before CABG. Syntax score shows anatomical significance of CAD and is associated with the degree of atherosclerotic load. The investigators aim to investigate if there were any differences regarding AAA prevalence in high-SYNTAX patients versus intermediate/low-SYNTAX patients.

Enrollment: 170 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery
• Age >18 years

Exclusion criteria

• Age <18 years
• Pregnancy
• Breastfeeding
• Emergency surgery

Trial design

170 participants in 2 patient groups

High-SYNTAX score patients

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Abdominal aortic Duplex ultrasound

Intermediate/low-SYNTAX score patients

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Abdominal aortic Duplex ultrasound