2006-10-25 08:20:45 · 6 answers · asked by kristina_m_carter 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Aortic aneurysms cannot be prevented—it is a ballooning of any artery. The aorta is the largest most central artery in the body beginning as it leaves the heart. Aortic aneurysm's usually (fatally) ruptured within 6 months of being discovered. In 1955, there were probably few successful surgical treatments of the problem (the damaged aorta had to be removed and replaced with a graft or synthetic major artery), and it greatly depended on exactly where the aneurysm was. It is still a major problem, but there are probably more successes now fifty years later.
2006-10-25 08:32:46 · answer #1 · answered by DrB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i doubt that as my grandfather died of an aortic aneurysm in 1962 and there wasnt anything anyone could do to prevent it then either
2006-10-25 08:57:12 · answer #2 · answered by gypsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They couldn't replace damage parts of arteries at that time, didn't have CT machines or MRIs, and usually aneurysms have no symptoms until they actually rupture unless they are found through a CT or MRI.
2006-10-25 08:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prevented, no. Aneurysms develop because of genetic and lifestyle.
Could it have been treated, not likely.
2006-10-25 08:24:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No and it still cannot be prevented just treated
2006-10-25 23:06:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, and most still can't now either
2006-10-25 08:22:46 · answer #6 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋