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Aneurysm

An aneurysm is a bulge in a vein or artery. As aneurysms get larger, they have an increased chance of rupturing. This can have severe consequences including a chance of death.

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What is the procedure of suturing an aneurysm called?

The most common method of surgical repair is to cut out the bulging section of artery wall and sew a Dacron fiber material into its place in the vessel wall.

Significance of an aortic aneurysm versus a digital artery aneurysm?

An aortic aneurysm represents an underlying weakness in the wall of the aorta. If it ruptures it causes severe pain; massive internal hemmorage and, without prompt treatment, results in a quick death.

A digital artery aneurysm is very rare. This is an aneurysm of one of your fingers. It can be treated with surgery and is not fatal.

How do Raney clips differ from aneurysm clips?

Raney clips look like a huge clamp. The clamp is usually barrel like in shape and opens up with teeth at the end. Aneurysm clips are more like tweezers with a circular shaped end.

What are the female reprodutive glands?

The ovaries are the female glands that produce sex hormone and they are similar to the testes in the male.

What does the phrase have an aneurysm mean?

An aneurysm is a medical condition that effects the arteries. An aneurysm is a blood filled sac that can form either from weakened blood vessels or by disease.

Is a stent used to shrink aneurysms?

No. Stents are used to support the arterial wall to keep it from ballooning into a larger defect. They do not shrink the aneurysm but stabilize it.

What can aneurysm do to your body?

An aneurysm is a medical condition marked by a bulging artery wall. If an aneurysm bursts, a person can die immediately. Aneurysms affect the circulatory system because they can show up anywhere inside the circulatory system.

What happens when a patient has a ascending aortic aneurysm?

A ascending aortic aneurysm are the second most common aortic aneurysms to abdominal aortic aneurysms. These aneuryms are typically diagnosed in patients that are in their 6th or 7th decade in life. A patient experiencing an ascending aortic aneurysms will feel chest pain.

Can you get an aneurysm in a vein?

Although it is much more likely for the elderly to have an aneurysm than for children to have such an ailment, it is possible.

Could an atrial septum aneurysm cause a small stroke?

Yes, if the aneurysm produced a clot that traveled to the brain.

If you have had a aortic valve replace and an aortic aneurysm repaired will these need done again?

I answered this already and dont know where the answer is... short answer is yes... if you live that long... 12 years is average... but if you have a mechanical valve its closer to 20 years, but a lot of people have cow or pig valves, and the flesh wears out earlier mostly cause it doesnt get regenerated like human parts. the trick with mechanical valves is you have to take blood thinners forever to keep the blood from gumming up the valve.

How can you get brain aneurysm?

You can get brain aneurysm by (family history):people who have a family history of brain aneurysms are more likely to have an aneurysm than those who don't.

(Previous aneurysm):people who have had a brain aneurysm are more likely to have another one.

(Gender)Women are most likely to develop a brain aneurysm or to suffer a subarachnoid hemorrage.

(Race)African americans are more likely than whites to have a subarachnoid hemorrage).

Can humans have brain aneurysms?

An aneurysm is caused by a thinning of the arterial wall which causes a ballooning effect. If the aneurysm bursts serious physical harm results.

What are aneurysms?

A brain aneurysm is an aneurysm that occurs in the brain. An aneurysm is the bulging of an artery that results from weakness in the artery's wall. The major complication of aneurysms is that the wall can become so weak that the aneurysm ruptures, causing hemorrhage that can ultimately lead to death if not treated quickly.

There are generally two classes of brain aneurysms: berry (saccular) aneurysms and Charcot-Bouchard aneurysms. Berry aneurysms have a tendency to occur in families (eg, in association with a disease called polycystic kidney disease), although they are less commonly associated with hypertension (high blood pressure). They most commonly occur in the circle of Willis, a major system of arteries that provides blood to the brain. Since the circle of Willis is outside of the brain, ruptured berry aneurysms don't frequently cause intracerebral (within the brain) hemorrhages; they usually cause subarachnoid hemorrhages.

Charcot-Bouchard aneurysms, on the other hand, are most commonly associated with hypertension and typically occur in the small arteries that penetrate into the brain. As a result, a ruptured Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm leads to an intracerebral hemorrhage.

Can hitting your head cause an aneurysm?

It depends on how hard you bump your head. If you bump it really hard and you have on of the following:-

  • Internal bleeding as a result of the bang and the brain itself bumps against the skull internally and starts bleeding.
  • You had a prexisting weak spot in a blood vessel in the brain which ruptured as a result, filling the brain cavity with blood
  • A pre-existing clot in the brain breaks free as a result and lodges in a place that blocks access to critical brain areas, denying it blood.

than Yes. It's fairly easy for an emergency medical facility to identify if an aneurysm is likely, so its best to seek medical attention if you suspect you may have one. Some of the signs of something wrong is a very big bump on the head, headache that's getting wose, pupils of different sizes or very wide pupils, disorientation etc.

Can a person develop hypothermia from a seizure or aneurysm of the brain?

Hypothermia usually comes from exposure to the cold. The only real way that you could have it through epilepsy would be if someone had a seizure or had an aneurism in a very cold location and was unconscious. So the answer in reality is know, as Epilepsy and aneurysms would not cause hypothermia directly.

How long does it take to die from an aneurysm?

Your question has no definite answer. An aneurysm is a ballooning in an artery. That means a weak place in an artery wall starts becoming larger and larger and looks like a balloon. If the balloon pops, blood no longer goes through the artery but out into your body.

You can have an aneurysm in a number of places in your body and you can have the surgery done in a number of different ways. If a brain aneurysm breaks it is called it is called a stroke. Sometimes, the surgeon takes a stent through an artery to close off the aneurysm. Sometimes it is done through the skin. Sometimes a patient is up the next day. Sometimes, if it was in the brain and hard to get to, it is quite a while.

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How many people die from having surgical repair of an aortic aneurysm?

However, if the aneurysm is untreated and eventually ruptures, less than half of the people with ruptured aneurysms will survive.

Can brain aneurysm be cured?

Sometimes no treatment is necessary, sometimes medication will suffice. but most sufferers have a shunt fitted to drain excess fluid from the skull. Hydrocephalus is a brain disorder that is usually the result of another problem within the skull.