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An aneurysm repair can save your life. An aneurysm is an abnormal widening or bulging in the wall of a blood vessel and occurs more often in arteries than in veins. Learn more in this animation.
Online Resources
American Heart Association http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/circulationaha;111/6/816American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3005390
American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4455
American College of Cardiology http://www.cardiosmart.org/HeartDisease/CTT.aspx?id=1636
Merck Manual http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec03/ch035/ch035b.html
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/arm/arm_what.html
NIH Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000181.htm
Society for Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org/sections/patientinformation/aneurysmsurgery/aorticaneurysms/index.html
Society of Vascular Surgery http://www.vascularweb.org/patients/NorthPoint/Abdominal_Aortic_Aneurysm.html
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