Aortic aneurysmal disease Joe T Huang, Takao Ohki, and Frank J Veith

The most devastating complication of aortic disease is hemorrhage, resulting in death. Thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms have a natural history of expansion and inevitable rupture, if left untreated. Aortic dissections and penetrating aortic ulcers are other major aortic disease processes with serious consequences.