The cardiovascular diseases

ANEURYSM OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTA

- Definition
- A few explanations
- The symptoms
- What does the physician notice?
- How to make the diagnosis?
- Once the diagnosis made, an operative check-up is required
- Complications
- The causes
- Clinical shape, Evolution, Prognosis
- Treatment, Conclusion

DEFINITION

The aorta is a big diameter artery originating at the heart level, making its way in the chest, then the stomach, and aimed at distributing blood into the organism.

An aneurysm of the abdominal aorta corresponds to the dilation of the part of the aorta situated in the abdomen (abdominal aorta) usually sitting in its terminal segment, between the renal arteries and the aortic bifurcation (before the arteries of the pelvis, the iliac arteries).

In most cases, the aneurysm of the abdominal aorta has an atheromatous origin (due to plates of cholesterol). Its prognosis has been transformed by the advent of the vascular surgery techniques pleading in favour of a precocious surgery.

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