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| | Title: | What is Aortic Aneurysm? | | Article: | What is Aortic Aneurysm?
An aneurysm is an out-poaching of an artery wall. The
aorta, the great blood vessel going out from the
heart, sometimes develops an aneurysm. The danger of
aneurysms is the possibility of burst. Aortic
aneurysms commonly happen in the abdomen at the level
just below the kidneys. Another common place is the
chest. Then aneurism is called thoracic aneurysm.
Thorax means chest. Aneurysms may be caused by the
Marfan syndrome (an inherited disease) and other
diseases, for example, syphilis or atherosclerosis.
Several more inherited and acquired diseases affect
the blood vessel wall. Atherosclerosis weakens walls
of the aorta by build ups of fatty deposits called
plaques. The wall weakened by disease, injury or birth
abnormality is very vulnerable to distention. High
blood pressure often makes aneurysms worse.
How is an aneurysm detected?
Doctors find aneurysms by X-ray imaging,
echocardiography, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and
computed tomography (CT) scan. Very often an aneurysm
is found accidentally during studies for other
diseases. A small aneurysm may have no symptoms. Then
a patient's doctor will want to check it regularly to
see if it's enlarging. Pain in the area of an aneurysm
is a common symptom. The larger an aneurysm becomes,
the more likely it is to burst.
How is an aneurysm treated?
Usual treatment is the surgery. During the surgery
patch or artificial piece of blood vessel replaces the
aneurysm. New types of treatments include insertion of
a metal mesh tube. | | Author: | Aleksandr Kavokin, MD, PhD | | System: | Arteries | | Subject: | Aneurism | | Abstract: | The danger of
aneurysms is the possibility of burst. | | Website: | http://www.kavokin.com | | Time: | 18:11 | | Reference: | http://www.rdoctor.com | | Reference 2: | http://www.symptomat.com |
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