Aortic Aneurysm

what is an aortic aneurysm?

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

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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

• checkups regularly
• quit smoking (if you do)
• healthy diet
• exercise often
• possible medicine

costs

• endovascular AAA repair-$21,250
• open AAA repair-$12,342
• thoracic aortic aneurysm repair-between $12,000 and $30,000
• medication - beta blockers - inexpensive

connection to other health areas

• 1. tobacco use
• 2. injuries
• 3. dietary practices

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interview

• who i interviewed: my grandma who had the aneurysm : great uncle
• age : 61
• kind : abdominal
• treatment : unable
• medicine : none

chance of INHERITANCE

• first degree family
• 5 to 20 percent
• 4 to more than 20 affected
• thoracic genetic inheritance

EFFECTIVE health plan

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

community health centers

• mayo clinic
• essential health
• st. lukes
• st. marys
• pharmacy

CONCLUSION

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