What is Aneurysm?

What is Aneurysm?

• Aneurysm: Dangerous ballooning of a weakened area of an artery.
• Aneurysm: protruding sac in the wall of a vein, artery, or heart, frequently caused by microbial infection; may present as pain, pressure on nearby organs, or cardiac weakening.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Aneurysm: a cardiovascular disease characterized by a sac-like widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Aneurysm: Introduction

Types of Aneurysm:

Types of Aneurysm:

• Cerebral aneurysm
• Aortic aneurysm
• Leg aneurysm
• Thoracic aneurysm
• more types...»

Broader types of Aneurysm:

• Artery conditions
• Blood vessel conditions
• more types...»

How many people get Aneurysm?

Undiagnosed prevalence of Aneurysm: about 2 million Americans with unruptured brain aneurysms (Reader's Digest Feb 2004)¹
Undiagnosed prevalence rate of Aneurysm: approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA [about data]

How serious is Aneurysm?

Complications of Aneurysm: see complications of Aneurysm

What causes Aneurysm?

Causes of Aneurysm: see causes of Aneurysm
Risk factors for Aneurysm: see risk factors for Aneurysm

What are the symptoms of Aneurysm?

Symptoms of Aneurysm: see symptoms of Aneurysm

Complications of Aneurysm: see complications of Aneurysm

Aneurysm: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Aneurysm.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Aneurysm.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Aneurysm: General Practitioner, Cardiologist, Pediatrician, Pediatric surgeon, Cardiac surgeon, Cardiothoracic surgeon, Vascular surgeon, General surgeon, Anaesthetist, Neurosurgeon, Neurologist, Physiotherapist, Physiologist, Pulmonologist, Psychologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Aneurysm.
Treatments for Aneurysm: see treatments for Aneurysm
Research for Aneurysm: see research for Aneurysm

Organs Affected by Aneurysm:

Organs and body systems related to Aneurysm include:

• Artery

Name and Aliases of Aneurysm

Main name of condition: Aneurysm

Aneurism
Source - WordNet 2.1

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Aneurysm:

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
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• Mycotic aneurysm
• Abscess formation
• Atherosclerosis
• Smoking
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• COPD
• Hypertension
• Syncope
• Shock
• Cyanosis
• Sudden cardiovascular collapse
• Peripheral atherosclerotic vascular disease
• Marfan syndrome
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
• Collagen vascular diseases

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