Aortic Disease: Symptoms and Treatments | Mass General Brigham

What is aortic disease? Learn more about the different types of aortic disease, symptoms, and treatments. Kim de la Cruz, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP, Section Chief for Aortic Surgery and Co-Director for the Aortic Disease Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, explains how to prevent aortic disease and the types of surgery we perform to help patients live a normal life.
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0:00 - Intro
0:15 - What is aortic disease?
1:09 - Types of aortic aneurysm
2:45 - What are the risk factors for aortic aneurysm?
3:03 - How is an aortic aneurysm diagnosed?
3:51 - What are aortic aneurysm symptoms?
4:23 - How is an aortic aneurysm treated?
5:39 - How to prevent an aortic aneurysm
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Aortic Disease: Symptoms and Treatments | Mass General Brigham
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