A new ultrasonographic index to asses normal and pathologic diametres of the abdominal aorta using the wrist cincumference as a body build metrics

Purpose: Normal abdominal aortic size is an important criterion to diagnose abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). The purpose of our work was to use ultrasound (US) to evaluate the normal values of aortic diameter (AD), stratifying the population by age, gender and body build, as measured using wrist circumference (WC). Material and methods: Between April 2010 and February 2012, consecutive patients ≥30 years of age, without history of AAA were prospectively enrolled. They underwent an abdominal US for for reasons other than aorta evaluation. AD was measured at the infrarenal (AD1), intermediate (AD2), and iliac bif…