Aortic aneurysm
When surgery makes sense
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Your doctor ordered a computerized tomography (CT) scan to see if you have kidney stones. But the CT scan revealed something unexpected in your abdomen — a bulge (aneurysm) in your aorta, the main artery supplying blood to your body.
An aortic aneurysm can be a serious and unsettling problem. They often don't cause any symptoms, but some may burst or tear without warning and cause life-threatening internal bleeding.
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