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Area of Science:

  • Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Diagnostic Imaging

Background:

  • Infective native aortic aneurysm (INAA) presents diagnostic challenges.
  • The Delphi consensus established initial diagnostic criteria for INAA.
  • Previous studies primarily compared INAA with published data, necessitating external validation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare clinical characteristics of INAA and noninfective aortic aneurysms (NIAAs).
  • To externally verify the diagnostic algorithm for INAA.
  • To develop and validate a novel diagnostic model for INAA.

Main Methods:

  • A case-control study involving INAA patients (2013-2022) and NIAAs.
  • Patients were reviewed against Delphi consensus criteria.
  • A nomogram diagnostic model was constructed using logistic regression.

Main Results:

  • INAA patients were younger than NIAA patients (P = 0.009).
  • Mural thrombus and calcification were negatively correlated with INAA.
  • The diagnostic algorithm showed 98.9% sensitivity and 75.9% specificity; the nomogram model achieved high accuracy (AUC=0.97).

Conclusions:

  • Delphi consensus criteria offer high sensitivity but limited specificity for INAA diagnosis.
  • Mural thrombus and calcification are negative predictive factors for INAA.
  • The proposed nomogram model demonstrates high accuracy and discriminative ability for identifying INAA.