Aortic Aneurysm

what is an aortic aneurysm?

• aorta: largest, central artery
• two main types of aortic aneurysms: abdominal and thoracic
• two main problems

history

• earliest records: 2nd century Ad-Greek surgeon antyllus
• surgery: Rudolph Matas
• landmark developments for aortic surgery

symptoms

• abdominal aortic aneurysm symtoms
• thoracic aortic aneurysm symptoms
• signs of rupture

how do you find out if you have it?

• abdominal testing: ultrasound, Ct scan, Mri
• thoracic testing: chest xray, echocardiogram, ct scan, mra

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how do you treat it? is it curable?

• Operation (surgery)
• montering
• medicine

current research

• Yale center for thoracic aortic disease
• clinical and genetic studies
• discovery of new genes linked to fatal aneurysms

target age/gender and how they get it

• male
• 65 or older
• sometimes women
• lifestyle reasons for aneurysm

affects to daily life

costs

connection to other health areas

• 1 tobacco use
• 2 injuries
• 3 dietary practices

interview

• who had the aneurysm : great uncle
• who was interviewed : grandma
• kind : thoracic
• treatment : surgery
• result : death

chance of INHERITANCE

EFFECTIVE health plan

• no use of tobacco
• healthy diet
• exercise
• regular doctor visits
• regular screenings if in family

community health centers

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