What is Abdominal aortic aneurysm?
'''Abdominal aortic aneurysm''' ('''AAA''' or '''triple A''')<ref name=loganabbrev>{{cite book|author1=Logan, Carolynn M.|author2=Rice, M. Katherine|title=Logan's Medical and Scientific Abbreviations|date=1987|publisher=[[J. B. Lippincott Company]]|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-397-54589-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/logansmedicalsci00loga/page/3 3]|ref=logansaabrev|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/logansmedicalsci00loga/page/3}}</ref> is an enlargement of the [[abdominal aorta]] which is more than 50% larger than normal.<ref name=Kent2014>{{cite journal | author = Kent KC | title = Clinical practice. Abdominal aortic aneurysms. | url = https://archive.org/details/sim_new-england-journal-of-medicine_2014-11-27_371_22/page/2101 | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 371 | issue = 22 | pages = 2101–8 | date = 27 November 2014 | pmid = 25427112 | doi=10.1056/NEJMcp1401430}}</ref> They usually cause no symptoms, except during rupture. This may cause abdominal, back, or leg pain.<ref name=AFP2006>{{cite journal |vauthors=Upchurch GR, Schaub TA | title = Abdominal aortic aneurysm | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 73 | issue = 7 | pages = 1198–204 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16623206 }}</ref> Large aneurysms can sometimes be felt by pushing on the abdomen. [[Aortic rupture|Rupture]] may result in pain in the abdomen or back, [[hypotension|low blood pressure]], or loss of consciousness and can cause death.<ref name=Spa2014>{{cite journal |vauthors=Spangler R, Van Pham T, Khoujah D, Martinez JP | title = Abdominal emergencies in the geriatric patient. | journal = International Journal of Emergency Medicine | volume = 7 | pages = 43 |year = 2014 | pmid = 25635203 | doi=10.1186/s12245-014-0043-2 | issue=1 | doi-access = free | pmc=4306086}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{med-stub}} [[Category:Medical emergencies]]