PDF-Aortic aneurysm and dissection Dilatation and rupture of the aorta

Risk factors Advancing age long standing high blood pressure Marfan syndrome congenital heart disorders syphilis and other infectious and inflammatory disorders Peripheral arterial disease Disease of the arteries supplying the arms and legs Risk fac. in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Involving Aortic Root: . Fate of Aortic Root & Aortic Valve Function. Joon. Bum Kim, Su Kyung Hwang, Sung Ho Jung, . Suk. Jung . Choo. , . Cheol. Hyun Chung, Jae Won Lee. contents. Aneurysm. Dissection. Heart. . A. rrhytmia. Hyperlipidemia. Aneurysm. Nicolas . Alvarez. Aneurysm. a blood-filled bulge of a blood vessel. it usually affects arteries of the brain or the abdominal aorta. By Michael Roberts Aortic ANP. The Role of the Aortic Nurse Practitioner at the LHCH.. Commenced September 2011. Patient & relative clinical and follow-up support. Coordination of Aortic Patient Forum. contents. Aneurysm. Dissection. Heart. . A. rrhytmia. Hyperlipidemia. Aneurysm. Nicolas . Alvarez. Aneurysm. a blood-filled bulge of a blood vessel. it usually affects arteries of the brain or the abdominal aorta. By Dr. . S.Homathy. 1. Aneurysm . It is a localized dilatation of blood vessel or the heart due to a weakening of its wall. . . 2. Classification. Aneurysms . may be classified . by. . type. ,. . location. Dominik Fleischmann. Department of Radiology. Stanford University. 20. th. Annual Summer Practicum, Masters in Body Imaging. Jackson Lake Lodge, Moran, Wyoming. August 8-11, 2010. . Research support: General Electric. Aneurysms & a Brief Discussion on Embolism Ali Al Khader, M.D. Faculty of Medicine Al-Balqa’ Applied University Email: ali.alkhader@bau.edu.jo Aneurysms, overview = congenital or acquired dilations of blood and Management. of Patients With. Thoracic Aortic Disease. American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association. Pocket Guideline. Based on the 2010 ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM. Normal Anatomy of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta. FRCPEdin. ; . FRCSEdin. AORTIC DISSECTION. Aortic dissection is defined as separation of the layers within the aortic wall. . The . primary event in aortic dissection is a . tear in the aortic intima. Cardiology . MKSAP Q. 66 year old woman is evaluated in the Emergency Department for abrupt onset of severe chest and back pain that persisted for 2 hours. On exam, she is afebrile, BP 180/110 in both arms, pulse 98, oxygen saturation 96% on 2L of oxygen. Heart is regular, no murmurs, S4 is present. Chest is clear. Pulses are symmetric and equal in all extremities. Labs are notable for normal D-dimer, troponin; . LEC 2 . د هبة احمد غيدان. ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS (Hypertensive vascular disease) :. There are two forms of arteriolosclerosis; . hyaline & . hyperplastic. . .  . Hypertension:. Sustained diastolic pressure in excess of 90 mmHg or a sustained systolic pressure in excess of 140 mmHg is considered as hypertension. . E.Hamza. , . H.Benjemaa. , . M.Gueldich. , . A.Lasmar. , . M.Rebai. , . W.Jaouedi. , . G.Barkallah. , . A.Dammak. , . I.Frikha. .. Department of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery Habib Bourguiba Hospital Sfax Tunisia. Sri Venkateswara Institute of medical sciences. Tirupathi. ANEURYSM. An aneurysm is a localized abnormal dilation of a blood vessel or the heart that may be congenital or acquired. Types of Aneurysm. Open AAA and EVAR. Indications for . AAA Repair. Increase . in size to . 1.5 . normal size or > 5 cm for women . > . 5.5 cm for . men. Increase . in size of 0.5 to 1 cm in 6 . – 1 year . of a monitored AAA.