symptoms of damaged aorta
abdominal aortic aneurysm an abdominal aortic aneurysm occurs when a lower portion of your body s main artery aorta becomes weakened and bulges most aortic aneurysms occur in the part of your aorta that s in your abdomen although the exact cause of abdominal aortic aneurysms is unknown a number of factors may play a role including tobacco use cigarette smoking and other forms of tobacco use appear to increase your risk of aortic aneurysms