PreOp® Patient Education Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Open Re

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Before we talk about treatment, let's start with a discussion about the human body and about your medical condition.

Your doctor has recommended that you have surgery to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm. But what does that actually mean?
The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood from your heart to the organs in your body.
An aneurysm is a bulge or swelling in a blood vessel.
This type of bulge occurs when a blood clot ... or blood clots develop in the aorta, causing to expand.
In your case, your doctor has determined that a portion of the aorta passing through your abdomen - the area between your legs and your chest - has developed a blood clot. In most cases these clots are caused by fatty deposits that build up inside the arteries.
Aneurysms are dangerous because the blood clot weakens the blood vessel and can cause it to burst.
The surgery your doctor has recommended will remove the blood clot ...
... and reinforce the weakened wall of the aorta.

So make sure that you ask your doctor to carefully explain the reasons behind this recommendation.




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[kellyl470]

a portion of the a o r t a...lol.

[KittieBlair]

O.O is it like a nose bleed?

[KittieBlair]

O.O 

[FabitoVideo]

would you allow a doctor/surgeon to use this video to do a speech. we really like the animation. Please advise if you would share this video.

[williamameeks]

Aortic aneurysms are not caused by blood clots. Clots typically do not form in arteries in the first place and secondly, if a clot were to form, it would not form in the LARGEST artery in your body and could not possibly be big enough to cause the type of blood backup required to result in an aneurysm.

[PreOpWebVideo]

Well done

[MrSymposier]

Wow, very nice animation, it makes very simple to understand what is an aneurism and how does it form. There is more information on Aneurisms at Symposier site available for physicians interested in looking for topics like this.