Learn about aneurysms, their causes, symptoms, and treatment options to understand this potentially life-threatening ...

Aortic diseases are pathological conditions affecting a section of the aorta, the largest artery in the human body. They can involve the ascending aorta, aortic arch, thoracic descending aorta ...

Aortic aneurysms overwhelmingly affect males - in their late 50s upwards. No one knows the cause for sure, but smoking is implicated and it is associated with hardening of the arteries.