Abdominal aortic aneurysms | Circulatory System and Disease | NCLEX-RN | Khan Academy

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[louismanuel]

This is a great presentation on the many factors that causes Aneurysm in the aorta...brilliant, simply brilliant.

[aprilewesley]

I am a 34 year old female, non smoker, non drinker, optimal blood pressure and blood work,  very active and very conscious about my diet. I have been diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm. No one in my family has it....I guess I am just an exception to all the rules. I would often get pain in my abdomen which I thought was a heartburn (but not really)....more like I had a rock sitting in my belly or something. It was found during a physical examination. The Dr felt it and auscultated. I am going for an ultrasound to determine the size and the thickness of the walls in the aneurysm. Just wanted to share.

[billykimball]

Thank you for the wonderful video. I am a survivor of AAA that ruptured July 15th of 2020 it had grown 9.6 cm I was on the operating table for 10 hours and eight pints of blood back in me thank the good Lord and the doctors for saving my life.

[charlesaustin]

Excellent video and presentation. Increased my knowledge immensely. Thank you for a great video.

[VickiBee]

Our Paramedic Instructor did this for our Continuing Education a while ago. Then we had a patient who had a dissecting aortic aneurysm at both ends: the stomach and the heart. He had no possibility of living with two of them and both having symptoms, according to the coroner.
He succumbed to the one in the chest because blood started pouring into the pericardial sac and he died from cardiac tamponade.
It's deadly serious, these aortic aneurysms. The time factor of getting them into surgery with a surgeon already there is crucial.

I'm glad a doctor's doing it here.

[suprateekat]

Also, the branching of the renal arteries can cause increased turbulence and therefore increased blood pressure, which can put pressure on the infrarenal arteries .

[autumnohrin]

Im in my last semester of nursing school and we have been told by our instructor to NEVER palpate an AAA. I'm curious why the first "diagnostic tool" this video uses is to "feel for abdominal pulse" we have been told that is a HUGE no no.

[petertomlin]

Even though I am a survivor of an emergency EVAR I found this very interesting, Just the endoleaks i worry about.

[samarthverma]

Just one word for this...PERFECT....!!

[beamypops]

@khanacademy Thank you for making learning easier. So does this mean that a true aneurysm can become false when it ruptures?

[IM.MEDICAL]

Thanks for this video! Just FYI - Screening Guidelines are also very high-yield for the USMLE STEP exams. Good luck everyone!

[mariebayer]

Great presentation. Thank you very much

[Broscience_Today]

Hi my Name is David Gonzalez (34) four years ago I was diagnosed with aortic aneurysm and I had a open heart surgery to place at the aorta a galvanic tube prosthesis, like April Wesley i did not have any issue, it was suddenly, after surgery I was diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome, My height is 6, 3 and my weight is 117 kg

[emrej]

Great presentation. Khan academy is so great

[its_evelynoseji]

Please

Why may immediate medical treatment be necessary and what is a suitable long term surgical treatment.

and what symptoms might a sufferer experience as a first warning... And please can you help suggest 2-3 possible factors adding to the risk of an aortic aneurysm in the first place.

[Oldspartan]

I just found out I have three of them still waiting to see a surgeon yep I’m as good as dead

[waadmuataz]

This is wonderfully presented thank you!

P.S: Your voice sounds exactly like Johnny of NCT

[farahizakholitiza]

great explanation . thank you so much, and your voice is so littt !! :P

[ShutFaceup]

Aneurysms have been shown to be driven by inflammatory processes.... not atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis affects small arteries e.g. coronary arteries. The natural history of atherosclerosis is build up of plaque, smooth muscle cell proliferation and eventual occlusion of the artery. While aortic aneurysm are caused by inflammatory processes and are more common in large elastic arteries such as the aorta. The natural history is progressive dilatation (loss of elastic and smooth muscle cell death), and eventual rupture (not narrowing by atherosclerosis).

[premiereventsmn]

My husband has all three criteria. 66 and a smoker for 50 years. He is currently waiting for surgery as this was accidentally found due to extreme lower back pain that prevented him from walking. He had a E-coli infection that affected his kidneys and blood. He ended up with an abscess in his lower back that needed draining. He also had an Upper GI bleed where he had an stomach ulcer that needed to be clipped. He is finishing up 6 weeks of IV antibiotics to clear up the infection, then surgery will be scheduled. It has been a long road as he was hospitalized for 24 days. All due to smoking for 50 years. He has not smoked since all this started occurring and has no yearnings to start again. It is so bad and sad that people have to learn the hard way of what smoking can do to a person.