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<journal-id>1561-3194</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Ciencias Médicas]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1561-3194</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1561-31942021000300010</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Diagnóstico precoz del aneurisma de la aorta abdominal asintomático en Pinar del Río]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Early diagnosis of asymptomatic aortic abdominal aneurysm in Pinar del Rio]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Rojas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Lidia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[MoreiraMartínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martha Marisel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Lopez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Medardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río Hospital General Docente &#8220;Abel Santamaría Cuadrado&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>25</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1561-31942021000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1561-31942021000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1561-31942021000300010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  el aneurisma de la aorta abdominal constituye una enfermedad con elevada mortalidad en la actualidad.  Objetivo: caracterizar los pacientes con el diagnóstico de aneurisma de la aorta abdominal en la provincia de Pinar del Río.  Métodos:  se realizó un estudio descriptivo, prospectivo de corte longitudinal, a los pacientes con aneurisma de la aorta abdominal tratados en la consulta de angiología, durante el período 2013 al 2017. El universo estuvo formado por 70 pacientes que acudieron a realizarse ultrasonido abdominal, a los cuales se les diagnosticó un aneurisma de la aorta abdominal; se estudió la totalidad.  Resultados:  el 58,56 % de los pacientes fueron identificados por el departamento de imagenología. Predominó el sexo masculino (95,7 %), y como factores de riesgo los pacientes fumadores (90 %) e hipertensos (85,7 %). Se observó el crecimiento del saco aneurismático en relación con la hipertensión arterial; no existió aumento del diámetro en el 44,3 % de los pacientes. El 7,15 % fueron intervenidos quirúrgicamente, donde el 100 % fueron pacientes con un diámetro inicial mayor de 5 cm.  Conclusiones: los aneurismas aórticos abdominales fueron comunes en pacientes masculinos pasadas la cuarta década de la vida, se presentó principalmente en pacientes fumadores e hipertensos. El departamento de radiología constituyó la principal fuente de remisión. La identificación precoz y tratamiento oportuno son elementos determinantes para un desenlace positivo de dicha enfermedad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  aortic abdominal aneurysm constitutes an entity with a high mortality rate in current times.  Objective:  to characterize the patients with the diagnosis of aortic abdominal aneurysm in Pinar del Rio province.  Methods:  a descriptive, prospective-longitudinal study was conducted with patients having aortic abdominal aneurysms treated in Angiology Service during the period 2013-2017. The target group comprised 70 patients who came for an abdominal ultrasound, they were diagnosed as aortic abdominal aneurysm carriers, and all of them were studied.  Results:  patients identified by Imaging Department reached the 58,56 %; male sex predominated (95,7 %), as risk factors prevailed smokers (90 %) and hypertensive patients (85,7 %). Aneurysmal sac growth was observed in relation to hypertension; and there was no increase in diameter in 44,3 % of patients; 7,15 % of the patients underwent surgery, 100 % were patients with an initial diameter greater than 5 cm.  Conclusions:  aortic abdominal aneurysms were common in male patients past the fourth decade of life, occurring mainly in smokers and hypertensive patients. Radiology department was the main source of referral. Early identification and timely treatment are determinant elements for a positive outcome of this disease.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ANEURISMA DE LA AORTA ABDOMINAL]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[DIAGNOSTICO PRECOZ]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[FACTORES DE RIESGO]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[AORTA ABDOMINAL]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[DILATACIÓN]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ULTRASONOGRAFÍA DOPPLER]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[EARLY DIAGNOSIS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[RISK FACTORS]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[AORTA, ABDOMINAL]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[DILATATION]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER]]></kwd>
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