Aneurysms anywhere in the body are dangerous because they can rupture and cause massive internal bleeding. An ascending aortic aneurysm is especially serious. A rupture in this part of the body ...

Ascending aortic aneurysms are a subtype of thoracic aneurysms, which occur in the chest area. They affect thousands of Americans annually and can be life threatening if not monitored. An aneurysm ...

Studies of the natural history of ascending aortic aneurysms indicate that aneurysms exceeding 6 cm in maximum diameter are associated with a particularly high risk of complications. In the ...

it is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm. An abdominal aortic aneurysm can occur without any symptoms, and it may not always require treatment. However, in some cases, treatment is necessary to ...

5 Dissection is a distinct process that most often involves the ascending, thoracic, or thoracoabdominal aorta and is rarely the source of aneurysms isolated to the infrarenal aorta. Aneurysms can ...

“In our study, which included the largest-ever cohort of nonsyndromic thoracic aneurysm patients, we found a low risk for aortic dissection for those with aneurysms less than 5.5 cm, and a ...

In patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and no other organ-system abnormalities, the absolute risk of aortic dissection is low but increases with larger aortic sizes, according to ...