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The goal of our study was to evaluate the effect of routine screening of abdominal aorta during echocardiographic examination.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Recently, we started performing routine AAA screening during routine echocardiographic examinations. We retrospectively studied a total of 727 patients with successful screening between the ages of 33 and 96 years, with a median age of 72.4 years. We evaluate the presence of atherosclerosis of aorta and its effect on lipid therapy and detection of asymptomatic AAA.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We found 18 (2.4%) asymptomatic AAAs and 468 (64.3%) cases of atherosclerosis of abdominal aorta. Retrospectively, data were collected on preventative lipid therapy. Of the 468 patients who had detected atherosclerosis of aorta, 414 patients had clinical follow up; 240 (57.9%) patients were already treated with a statin due to another indication. However, 38 (9.1%) of these patients had been started on statin drugs for the first time, 85 (20.5%) were set a new lower low density lipoprotein cholesterol goal, and 41 (9.9%) had an intensified statin treatment.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Using a routine screening of the abdominal aorta during standard echocardiograms can markedly improve preventive statin therapy in patients, with asymptomatic atherosclerosis detected during screening without additional cost and detect some AAA.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/hpc.0000000000000237","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,8]],"date-time":"2020-08-08T04:52:45Z","timestamp":1596862365000},"page":"1-3","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Screening of the Abdominal Aorta During Routine Echocardiographic 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