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Aortic Aneurysm
Cardiothoracic Surgery · Cardiovascular
Severe
Severity
Uncommon — abdominal aortic aneurysms affect roughly 4-8% of men over 65, less common in women
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Cardiothoracic Surgery
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Results from progressive degeneration of the elastic and muscular components of the aortic wall
- 2most commonly related to atherosclerosis
- 3chronic high blood pressure
- 4and smoking. Risk factors include advancing age
- 5male sex
- 6family history of aneurysms
- 7connective tissue disorders such as Marfan syndrome
- 8and prior aortic injury or infection. The combination of wall weakness and sustained blood pressure gradually enlarges the vessel over time.
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