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  2. Aortic aneurysm - Wikipedia

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    Aortic aneurysm; Figure A shows a normal aorta. Figure B shows a thoracic aortic aneurysm (which is located behind the heart). Figure C shows an abdominal aortic aneurysm located below the arteries that supply blood to the kidneys. Specialty: Cardiology, Vascular surgery: Symptoms: abdominal pain and back pain: Complications: Hemorrhaging ...

  3. Familial aortic dissection - Wikipedia

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    Familial aortic dissection or FAD refers to the splitting of the wall of the aorta in either the arch, ascending or descending portions. FAD is thought to be passed down as an autosomal dominant disease and once inherited will result in dissection of the aorta, and dissecting aneurysm of the aorta, or rarely aortic or arterial dilation at a young age.

  4. Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection

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    [1] [2] This disorder is the cause of 20% of thoracic aortic aneurysms [3] [4] Some families affected by this condition have shown mild versions of some symptoms that are associated with Marfan syndrome and Loeys-Dietz syndrome, these signs include tall stature, joint hypermobility, cutaneous stretch marks, and either pectus excavatum or pectus ...

  5. Acute aortic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) describes a range of severe, painful, potentially life-threatening abnormalities of the aorta. [1] These include aortic dissection, intramural thrombus, and penetrating atherosclerotic aortic ulcer. [2] AAS can be caused by a lesion on the wall of the aorta that involves the tunica media, often in the descending ...

  6. Abdominal aortic aneurysm - Wikipedia

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    Abdominal aortic aneurysm; CT reconstruction image of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (white arrows) Specialty: Vascular surgery: Symptoms: None, abdominal, back, or leg pain [1] [2] Usual onset: Over-50-year-old males [1] Risk factors: Smoking, hypertension, other cardiovascular disease, family history, Marfan syndrome [1] [3] [4] Diagnostic method

  7. Inflammatory aortic aneurysm - Wikipedia

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    Inflammatory Aortic Aneurysms occur typically in a younger population compared to the typical Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm group. Risk of rupture for the IAA group, due to thinning of aneurysm walls, are also rare due to inflammation and fibrosis [4] Unruptured inflammatory AAAs are usually symptomatic: [citation needed] abdominal or back pain (70 ...

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