| Alcohol-related Problems | Relationship to Aneurysm / Rupture
"See the link between Smoke Damage and Aneurysm..."
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Aneurysm / Rupture |
The Condition
"An aneurysm is the abnormal enlargement or bulging of an artery caused by damage to or weakness in the blood vessel wall..."
Recommendation Test for Cardiac Risk Factors
"...of one study concluded that a high level of lipoprotein is an independent risk factor for thoracic aortic atherosclerosis and should be controlled in order to prevent aortic disease including aortic aneurysm..."
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Atherosclerosis |
The Condition
"...Clinical signs and symptoms include aneurysm, thrombosis, embolus, and stenosis; lowered or absent pulses; vascular (blood vessel) bruit (whooshing or blowing sound heard over the artery with a stethoscope); (in more severe cases) muscle..."
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Cigarette Smoke Damage |
The Condition
"...Coronary artery disease (CAD), cerebrovascular disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and peripheral vascular disease are all caused by smoking..."
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Erectile Dysfunction (ED, Impotence) |
The Condition
"...Physical factors include ... Local disorders - prostate enlargement (BPH), congenital abnormalities and inflammatory diseases of the genitalia, prostatitis; vascular disturbances such as aortic aneurysm and atherosclerosis (for example Leriche's syndrome)..."
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
The Condition
"...When a subarachnoid hemorrhage is caused by a ruptured saccular aneurysm, the aneurysm usually is located where a blood vessel branches from one of these large arteries..."
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Definition
