A thoracic aortic aneurysm is the abnormal widening or
ballooning of a portion of this artery due to weakness in the wall
of the blood vessel.
Thoracic aortic aneurysm risk factors
include:
·        Age.
Thoracic aortic aneurysms occur most often in people age 65 and
older.
·       Â
Tobacco use increase the risk
·        High
blood pressure
·       Â
atherosclerosis or the buildup of plaques
·        Family
history i.e. the genetic predisposition
·        Marfan
syndrome and related disorders
·       Â
Bicuspid aortic valve.
The treatment, of the thoracic aortic
aneurysm, involves the
CONVENTIONAL SURGERY, a procedure called open thoracic
aortic aneurysm repair.
