Abdominal aortic aneurysms

Abstract

Abdominal Aortic Aneursym (AAA) is an enlargement of the aorta. The aorta is the main artery that runs from the heart suppling oxygented blood to all the major organs. AAA tended only to be found by coincIndence when patients underwent some form of imaging, although in many cases AAA went AAA -what is it?An aneurysm is an area of localised enlargement or dilation of a blood vessel. The word aneurysm comes from the Greek work aneurysma which means 'a widening'. The aorta originates from the left ventricle of the heart and it extends through the chest down into the abdomen splitting at the level of the fourth lumbar vertebrae into the common iliac arteries. The aorta is classed in anatomical compartments: thoracic aorta (from the heart to the diaphragm), and abdominal aorta