WELCOME.

AORTIC ANEURYSM.

INCIDENCE.

ETIOLOGY.

PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES.

DUE TO TROMA, INFECTION OR INTRINSIC DEFECT.

PROGRESSIVE DESTRUCTION OF AORTIC PROTEINS BY ENZYMES.

REDUCED STRENGTH AND ELASTICITY.

VESSEL WALL BULGES OUT

CAUSES REPTURE ON INCREASED PRESSURE.

REPTURE AND DEATH IF UNTREATED.

CLASSIFICATION OF AORTIC ANEURYSM.

BASED ON SIZE.

LAYERS INVOLVED .

FALSE

TRUE.

BASED ON STRUCTURE.

CLINICAL FEATURES OF AORTIC ANEURYSM.

• ASYMPTOMATIC • PAIN• CLOT FORMATION.• ANXIETY.• NAUSEA & VOMITING.• CLAMMY SKIN.• INCREASED HEART RATE.

DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES.

COMPLICATIONS.

MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC ANEURYSM.

SURGERIES

NURSING CARE.

SUMMARY

CONCLUSION.