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The goal of this study was to evaluate if routine abdominal aorta screenings during echocardiograms can be helpful in detecting asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We retrospective studied consecutive patients who were sent for outpatient routine echocardiograms for various clinical reasons in 2015\u20132017 until we reached a total of 1000 patients. Starting from the subcostal and then proceeding to the abdomen, a long-axis screening of the abdominal aorta was attempted on all of the patients after the echocardiogram was completed. No patient preparation was given. Imaging began from the subcostal view and proceeded caudally with images obtained every 1\u20132\u2009cm. Measurement of the aortic diameter was performed from the longitudinal plane using the leading-edge-to-leading-edge method.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The age range was 33\u201396 years with a median age of 72.4. A total of 273 (27.3%) patients did not have an appropriate window to evaluate AAA. Among the remaining 727 screenings, 18 (2.4%) had dilatation of abdominal aorta or AAA. The dilatation and aneurysms ranged between 2.5 and 4.5\u2009cm in size. Abnormal aortic diameters were as follows: 5 (27.7%) were between 2.5 and 2.9\u2009cm, 6 (33.3%) between 3 and 3.4\u2009cm, 1 (5.5%) between 3.5 and 3.9, 5 (27.7%) between 4.0 and 4.4\u2009cm, and 1 (5.5%) between 4.5 and 4.9\u2009cm.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Performing routine abdominal aortic examinations during routine echocardiographic exams can detect a significant amount of abdominal aortic aneurysm which can be lifesaving. 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