Aneurisma Aorta Torakalis

DescriptionIn this disease occurs inflate the aorta that passes through the chest. The cause can not be known for certain, although many of them are suffering from high blood pressure. Approximately 50% of whom were patients with marfan syndrome.SymptomCaused typical symptoms of this disease is pain in the upper back, cough, and wheezing.Many of them are coughing up blood issued as a result of pressure or erosion on the air pipe and the surrounding respiratory tract. Emphasis on the esophagus makes swallowing difficult.While the event on the vocal cords can cause hoarse.If the thoracic aortic aneurysm to rupture will occur incredible pain in the upper back. The pain will spread everywhere including the chest and arms that resemble a heart attack (myocardial infarction). In these circumstances it is probable that person will die from loss of blood.TreatmentWith MRI technology, CT scan, or ultrasound transesofageal bubble size can be determined.When its size reaches 7.5 cm will be removed surgically. However, in patients with marfan syndrome, aneurysms smaller size will still be taken even with the surgery because it has broken the trend. The failure rate of surgery is to reach 10-15%.