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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Apr 7;75(13):1609–1610. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.02.012

Figure 1. Platelet inhibitors suppress AAA growth and rupture:

Figure 1.

NIS data for 3.8 million patients over 7 years identified anti-platelet agents as an independent predictor of protection from AAA, aortic dissection, and aortic rupture by multivariate regression analysis. The model included the following variables: age, gender, race, tobacco use, hypothyroidism, diabetes, fluid/electrolytes abnormalities, hypertension, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, liver disease, CHF, carotid artery disease, CKD, chronic lung disease, PAD, anemia, valvular heart disease, obesity, prior PCI, prior CABG, prior MI, hospital bed-size, hospital teaching status, and hospital region.