Aim
Aortic aneurysm (AA) and its relevant clinical and anatomic features are recently focused among worldwide. AA has the clinical potential to progress and to rupture unless it was diagnosed earlier and managed appropriately. We evaluated the aortic and clinical features of patients with aortic aneurysm just at the initial diagnosis.
Material-Method
We retrospectively evaluated medical recordings of 98 patients with AA from a population of 12500 subjects who underwent periodical examination between 2012 and 2013. Diameters of Aortic root, Sinus of valsalva, and Ascending aorta, left ventricular diastolic and systolic diameters, left atrial diameter, co-mobidities; hypertension, coronary artery disease, bicuspid aortic valve; were recorded. Clinical features were evaluated according to the age groups of patients (20-30, 31-40, and <40 years old). Antihypertensive drug preferences, duration of follow up period, and also aortic diameters measured at the follow up periods were also recorded. Aortic diameter changes at the second and third controls compared to first diagnosis were determined by calculating differences between them.
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