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

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

Thanks.Very helpful.

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.

I have an abdominal aortic aneurysm found accidentally during spine MRI several years ago. I was immediately referred to a vascular surgeon who has been keeping a close watch on it. It is almost, but not quite the size where they do surgery. At the same time, being ill and just always feeling out of sorts, my primary sent me to oncology to find out why my blood work is so messed up. I was diagnosed there with polycythemia vera, a rare blood cancer that one can live with for years with simple treatments. This causes the blood to be very thick and heavy. I also have COPD just to make things interesting since I really hate boring.

When asking my vascular surgeon about the risk for AAA rupture being higher with the PV she said it does not affect the aneurysm. I wonder why, it seems a reasonable conclusion that one or the other needs to go away rather quickly to avoid a serious situation or death since death is a very likely outcome of rupture. There is no cure for PV so I will have that until I die, notwithstanding a miracle that it cures itself.

Anyone have any insight to this. I am hoping that while waiting that they come up with a drive-thru surgery option because I do not do well in hospitals for any reason, even to visit.

Great video! Thank you!

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).

Good video, thanks Khan Academy

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

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

Love ur videos, much appreciated

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

I have a heart aneurysm

What if Dr's keep ignoring your symptoms? I have been having major PAIN for the past 18 months now.
It is excruciating pain and I live in Canada and I am of Native descent.I have been in and out of the hospital emergency room like a revolving door and still am in alot of pain in my back and right flank both front and back and now my right foot is in pain as well.I feel very neglected because of me being of Native descent.
Who can I report these Drs too and WHERE do I TURN for HELP because I am STILL in a great deal of PAIN even as I type this.
I live in Canada British Columbia near the city of Williams Lake British Columbia.I am beginning to get scared because I have been in so much pain for too long. Please help me.

oh my word ... I'm still alive !!

This is wonderfully presented thank you!

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

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

spanish??????? :(

Tnx

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.

I like your sarcasm on risk factors on males

“males are 5x more likely than females, just being males” 😂😂😂😂

This is glorious, I been tryin to find out about "what should you not do with an aortic aneurysm?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Piyayla Outstanding Primacy - (just google it ) ? It is a good exclusive guide for discovering how to reduce your blood pressure minus the normal expense. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my friend got excellent results with it.

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Thank you💟

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

My father died in the ventilation after the double open surgeries of abdominal aortic aneurysm and bypass together in India.

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

Great presentation. Khan academy is so great

so wonderful
thank you

Hayi niyayititsha mani....

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

My Dad has just being diagnosed with a 3.1cm AAA

Thank you!!! 🙏

Thank you 🙏

I have one but can't get anyone to fix it because of this covid stuff going on. Can I get you to fix it?

Great presentation. Thank you very much

Is a 2.7 triple A bad

If you have a rupture your chances are not very good. So go to the hospital if you notice anything unusual in this region of the body such as pain or nausea combinations or as he said that pulse feeling and think how the heart pumps and then a pulse! Pulse! Pulse! You know what I mean. And I suggest anyone age 65 or 70 who has a long history of cholesterol issues or starting to develop heart problems or diabetes should definitely go in once a year. An ultrasound can detect an aneurysm or CT. So it’s nothing painful or unusual. Just simple tests. So wouldn’t you want to live another 10-15 years if you are 65? How about 7-10 years if you are 70? And what if you are 88? Yes frail elderly have had this grafting done and then lived several more years to age 92 or even older! Unless your heart is bad and your ejection fraction is only 15 or 25% then I would probably say maybe we’d better not do this and just enjoy the remaining months or a year or two we have left. That’s the individuals decision then and the family if they are involved. I always try to think of loved ones and if the risk is not real high then do something as we all want to live providing our quality of life is at least maintained and we enjoy seeing our loved ones. Even if you can’t get around good anymore you can still think and talk to people and watch TV or read. That’s worth something isn’t it?

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

🙌🙌thx very informative.

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.

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.

Luv u

My husband passed away on 2nd February 2023 after a six hour operation

1 of my wife family just 58 years and he in the hospital with 1 he not doing well he had emergency surgery

Ive got one

Dont smoke