RESUMO
Diagnosis of aortic dissection complicating cerebral ischemic stroke is difficult. A 60-year-old patient presented at an emergency department of a hospital with a sudden development of left-sided weakness, but without chest pain. During administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator with diagnosis of cerebral infarction, he developed symptomatic hypotension and was transferred to our hospital. His chest computed tomography revealed Stanford type A aortic dissection. Replacement of the ascending aorta and aortic arch was successfully performed on the 4th day.
Assuntos
Aneurisma Aórtico/diagnóstico por imagem , Infarto Cerebral/tratamento farmacológico , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/tratamento farmacológico , Aneurisma Aórtico/cirurgia , Fibrinolíticos/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ativador de Plasminogênio Tecidual/uso terapêutico , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are considered as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship of CKD and DM with the presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). METHODS: We enrolled 261 patients with AAA (AAA+) and age-and-sex matched 261 patients without AAA (AAA-) at two hospitals between 2008 and 2014, and examined the association between the risk factors and the presence of AAA. Furthermore, in order to investigate the prevalence of AAA in each group, we enrolled 1126 patients with CKD and 400 patients with DM. RESULTS: The presence of CKD in patients with AAA+ was significantly higher than that in patients with AAA- (AAA+; 65%, AAA-; 52%, P = 0.004). The presence of DM in patients with AAA+ was significantly lower than that in patients with AAA- (AAA+; 17%, AAA-; 35%, P < 0.001). A multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that hypertension, ischemic heart disease and CKD were independent determinants, whereas, DM was a negatively independent determinant, for the presence of AAA. The prevalence of AAA in patients with CKD 65 years old and above was 5.1%, whereas, that in patients with DM 65 years old and above was only 0.6%. CONCLUSION: CKD is a positively associated with the presence of AAA. In contrast, DM is a negatively associated with the presence of AAA in Japanese population.