| Abdominal or Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Surgery | | | | and requires an experienced thoracic surgical team. |
| | | | However, neglecting the aneurysm presents a higher |
| A thoracic aortic aneurysm is a widening (bulging) of | | | | risk. |
| part of the wall of the aorta, the body's largest artery. | | | | |
| | | | Thoracic aortic aneurysms cause a bulge in a section |
| Causes | | | | of the thoracic aorta and result in a weakening of the |
| Thoracic aneurysms most often occur in the | | | | main artery that carries blood from the heart to the |
| descending thoracic aorta. Others may appear in the | | | | body. As this bulge increases in size, the risk of rupture |
| ascending aorta or the aortic arch... | | | | and internal bleeding also increases. |
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| Thoracic aortic aneurysms affect about 15,000 people | | | | Please log on to : Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery |
| in the United States each year, and are the 13th | | | | Please log on to : |
| leading cause of death. Research has shown that | | | | |
| patients with untreated large thoracic aneurysms of | | | | We Care Core Values |
| the aorta are more likely to die of complications | | | | "We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| associated with their aneurysms than from any other | | | | you as the centre." |
| cause. | | | | Having the industry's most elaborate and exclusive |
| | | | Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams stationed |
| The current standard surgical treatment of a thoracic | | | | at each partner hospital, we provide you the |
| aortic aneurysm is the open-chest approach. The main | | | | smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. With a |
| purpose of open-chest surgery to treat a thoracic | | | | ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five patients our |
| aneurysm is to replace the weakened portion of the | | | | patient care standards are unmatched across the sub |
| aorta with a fabric tube, called a graft. | | | | continent. |
| Repairing a thoracic aneurysm is surgically complicated | | | | |