Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

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Abdominal aortic aneurysm is caused by aortic atherosclerosis. As a medical student in the time when autopsies were still done, I witnessed many. It was astonishing how extensive and threatening aortic atherosclerosis was in appearance in reported asymptomatic and atherosclerotic absent people. It looked like thick chunks of soft cheese covering almost all of the aorta. The thickness can measure up to and exceed 5 mm. If the atherosclerosis becomes pedunculated (forms on a stalk), it can break off and travel elsewhere (embolize). One can have a shower of the plaques travel elsewhere to the brain, legs, kidneys etc. called atheromatous emboli

The lining of the aorta(intima) can erode and ulcerate. The ulcer can enlarge and rupture the aorta. The ulcer can form clots and along with the atherosclerotic debris can break off and travel to the brain, kidney, intestines, and extremities causing both asymptomatic or symptomatic atheromatous emboli. Atherosclerosis can actually erode the wall of the aorta enlarging it into an aneurysm with the risk of rupture if it exceeds 4 cm. Over a period of time optimal control of one's risk factors can prevent this and its complications. The ideal would be to treat this condition well before it gets started which is as early as our 20s and as late as early 40s. Contact us today for your free Cardiovascular Review.