[Aortic aneurysm].
Thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms have potential risk of sudden death, because they have a tendency of rupture. The risk of rupture is high, if they are saccular type or the diameters of them are large enough. Acute aortic dissection has a high risk of sudden death due to cardiac tamponade, if the dissection involves the ascending aorta.
Miyota Central Hospital.
Yutaka
Y
Kotsuka
Masakazu
M
Tada
Kazunori
K
Shimizu
D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001019:Aortic Rupture; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D006801:Humans