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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Only 10 to 15 percent of patients survive the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm; a minority reach the hospital alive, and of these, only about half survive the emergency surgical repair.