This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge or balloon that forms ... Therefore, your doctor needs to look at pictures (x-rays, CT scan) of your ...

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Screening for an abdominal aortic aneurysm involves a simple ... A heart ultrasound (echocardiogram) or CT scan can be used ...

It is possible that as the aneurysm enlarges and compresses surrounding nerves or organs, an individual may experience back or abdominal pain. Patients that experience ... is another imaging modality ...

Eight patients died, but none of the deaths were related to abdominal ... defined as an aneurysm shrinkage of ≥ 5 mm; both were compared with the measurements on the former CT scan.