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A balloon-like sac in the wall of an artery, vein, or heart caused by a weakening of the wall by injury, disease, or abnormality present at birth.
Ãâó: www.heartcenter.com/glossary.html
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A weak point in a blood vessel, such as an artery or vein, which may then blow up like a balloon. The danger is of the aneurysm bursting and bleeding into the brain, which causes a stroke.
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| aneurysm |
A localized dilation of an artery caused by a weakness in the arterial wall. It is noticed as a pulsatile swelling along the course of an artery. Aneurysms occur most commonly in the aorta, although abdominal, renal, femoral, and popliteal arteries are also common sites. A thrill or bruit may be evident over the aneurysm.
Ãâó: sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/mvs/GLOSSARY/A.HTM
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| aneurysm |
A blood vessel weakness that causes bleeding in the brain.
Ãâó: www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/conditions/
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| aneurysm |
A portion of heart muscle or arterial vessel wall that has become weakened to the point that it balloons outward (without actually rupturing). Picture a damaged car tire with a pocket of rubber inner-tubing protruding outward at a site of weakness. This outpouching is called an aneurysm. Aneurysms may occur at a puncture site of a blood vessel, in the aorta (the major arterial blood vessel in the body), or in the heart following a heart attack.
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