By New York Cardiac Diagnostic Center Midtown

01/18/2021 When a medical condition involves your heart or aorta, you must take it seriously. Aorta disease is a life-threatening condition if ignored. There are many causes for medical issues with your aorta, which is the largest and most important artery in your body. Marfan syndrome is one cause that your heart doctor NYC at the Cardiology Manhattan Center can identify. If you do suffer from Marfan syndrome, you can take steps to prevent aorta disease.


The largest artery in your body, the aorta delivers oxygenated blood from your heart to the rest of your body. When your heart is hampered by disease, it affects your entire body because every cell needs a constant supply of the nutrients your blood carries. When your aorta is damaged, the blood may never reach the rest of your body, even if your heart is strong.


Aorta disease develops over time. When the symptoms progress to a tipping point, the hidden damage shows itself. By that point, you need immediate medical attention from the best cardiac doctors of Cardiology New York center. Advanced aorta disease causes your aorta to split, which is called a dissection. When the disease causes the aorta to dilate, that’s called an aneurysm. Both can be fatal.


Types of Aortic Aneurysms
Aortic aneurysms fall into three categories:

1. Abdominal aortic aneurysms. If a rupture occurs in your aorta, it can result in fatal bleeding if not stopped with emergency surgery. Symptoms include back pain, feeling a pulse in your bellybutton area and a consistent, deep pain in your abdomen or on the side of your abdomen.
2. Thoracic aneurysms. When experiencing pain from a thoracic aneurysm, you feel an intense pulsing pain in your chest.
3. Thoracoabdominal aneurysms. When an aortic wall weakens from the effect of ballooning, it can eventually rupture your aorta. Then you need emergency surgery.

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