Aneurysm

Aneurysm: Introduction

Aneurysm: Dangerous ballooning of a weakened area of an artery. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Aneurysm is available below.

Symptoms of Aneurysm

• No symptoms - rarely any symptoms until the aneurysm ruptures
• Symptoms depend on the artery affected
• See symptoms of Cerebral aneurysm
• See symptoms of Aortic aneurysm
• more symptoms...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Aneurysm:

• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• more tests...»

Aneurysm: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Aneurysm:

• Ruptured aneurysm (type of Artery conditions)
• Hemorrhage
• Stroke
• Death
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Aneurysm

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Diagnostic Tests for Aneurysm

• Ultrasound
• CAT scans
• MRI scans
• Angiography
• more tests...»

Read more about tests for Aneurysm

Wrongly Diagnosed with Aneurysm?

• Misdiagnosis of Aneurysm
• Failure to diagnose Aneurysm
• Hidden causes of Aneurysm (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Aneurysm

Aneurysm: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Attack -- Self Assessment Tools
• Stress -- Self Assessment Tools
• Smoking -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Disease -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Aneurysm: Medical Mistakes

• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Aneurysm: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Aneurysm:

• Dieting & Weight management: products & offers »
• Heart health products & offers »
• High cholesterol
• more product offers...»

Aneurysm: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Aneurysm

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed heart attack, or from delaying too...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder. Some...read more »

Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations and rapid heartbeat. In rare cases,...read more »

Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed, leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed. People become concerned that a condition is...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood...read more »

Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children. Some of the symptoms...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Aneurysm

Aneurysm: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
• Research Your Doctor Online
• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Aneurysm

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Aneurysm:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Aneurysm, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Aneurysm: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
  • High Cholesterol -- Rare Types
  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Aneurysm

• Atherosclerosis
• Atheroma
• Syphilis
• Congenital defects
• Heart attack - may damage an artery area leading to a later aneurysm
• more causes...»

See full list of 24 causes of Aneurysm

More information about causes of Aneurysm:

• Underlying causes of Aneurysm
• Aneurysm as a complication caused by other conditions
• Aneurysm as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Aneurysm

Treatments for Aneurysm

• Emergency treatment
• Hospitalization
• Surgery
• Surgical aneurysm removal
• Surgical artery repair
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 treatments for Aneurysm

News Archives for Aneurysm

Medical news articles related to Aneurysm include:

• Too Few Screened for Abdominal Aneurysm, Study Says
• Family History of Aneurysm Raises Stroke Risk for Smokers
• Brain Aneurysm Rupture Risk Tied to Location, Size
• Smokers at Increased Risk of Aneurysm Recurrence
• Aneurysms in 2nd Generation May Not Come Early
• Health Tip: Understanding an Aneurysm
• Minimally Invasive Surgery Fixes Aneurysms
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Videos for Aneurysm

Patient Surveys for Aneurysm

• Patient Profile Survey
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• Survey about the symptoms of your Aneurysm
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Reseach about Aneurysm

Visit our research pages for current research about Aneurysm treatments.

Clinical Trials for Aneurysm

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Aneurysm include:

• The Boston Scientific ENOVUS Trial - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Familial Intracranial Aneurysm Study - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Comparison of Surveillance Versus Aortic Endografting for Small Aneurysm Repair - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Genetic Analysis of Familial Brain Aneurysms - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Standard Open Surgery Versus Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 38 Clinical Trials for Aneurysm

Statistics for Aneurysm

• Medical statistics for Aneurysm
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Aneurysm
• Death and Mortality statistics for Aneurysm
• Society statistics for Aneurysm

Aneurysm: Broader Related Topics

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

Types of Aneurysm

Types of Aneurysm

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

Read more about Types of Aneurysm

Stories from Users Related to Aneurysm

• Aneurysm?
• Potentially Lethal Aneurysms?

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User Interactive Forums

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• Share your misdiagnosis story.
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Definitions of 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)

A cardiovascular disease characterized by a sac-like widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall - (Source - WordNet 2.1)