title: Associations of coronary and peripheral artery disease with presence, expansion, and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm - a grin without a cat!
abstract: Both coronary and peripheral artery disease are representative atherosclerotic diseases, which are also known to be positively associated with presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm. It is still controversial, however, whether coronary and peripheral artery disease are positively associated with expansion and rupture as well as presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm. In the present article, we overviewed epidemiological evidence, i. e. meta-analyses, regarding the associations of coronary and peripheral artery disease with presence, expansion, and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm through a systematic literature search. Our exhaustive search identified seven meta-analyses, which suggest that both coronary and peripheral artery disease are positively associated with presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm, may be negatively associated with expansion of abdominal aortic aneurysm, and might be unassociated with rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: 1 Shizuoka Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.affiliation: 1 Shizuoka Medical Center, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umemoto
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Abdominal aortic aneurysm; coronary artery disease; peripheral artery disease; review