Prevalence of coronary artery disease, lower extremity peripheral arterial disease, and cerebrovascular disease in 110 men with an abdominal aortic aneurysm

Of 110 men (mean age 66 years) with an abdominal aortic aneurysm, 78 (71%) had coronary artery disease (CAD), 50 (46%), had lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and 30 (27%) had cerebrovascular disease. Twenty-four percent of the patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm had CAD plus lower extremity PAD plus cerebrovascular disease, 22% had CAD plus lower extremity PAD and no cerebrovascular disease, 22% had only CAD, 4% had CAD plus cerebrovascular disease and no lower extremity PAD, and 29% had no CAD, lower extremity PAD, or cerebrovastular disease. (C) 2004 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.