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World Aorta Day is celebrated on September 19; Today’s events will remind that every year Lithuania loses many people who die from the sudden rupture of the wall of the largest blood vessel, the aorta, according to a press release.
Doctor, vascular surgeon Tomas Baltrūnas states that several hundred people could be saved in Lithuania each year if the aortic aneurysm was caught early, not yet ruptured.
According to the doctor, in Lithuania between 150 and 200 patients are treated each year, when the scale of treatment should be about 4 times higher, taking into account the averages of other countries.
“To successfully treat the disease, it first needs to be diagnosed. Without a universal abdominal aortic screening program, it is impossible to detect most cases of the disease. Aortic aneurysm is a treacherous disease because some patients just don’t feel any symptom and do not see the need to go to the doctor ”, explains the vascular surgeon.
The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the human body through which blood flows from the heart to other vital organs.
In the elderly, the aortic wall can become weak and thin due to previous illness and injury. According to the doctor, when the aortic wall of the abdomen weakens and thins, the blood vessel swells like a balloon. This increased brightness is called an aneurysm. Because an aneurysm develops slowly over a long period of time, many patients do not feel any warning signs of fatal danger.
According to the doctor, when the aortic wall of the abdomen weakens and thins, the blood vessel swells like a balloon. This increased brightness is called an aneurysm. Because an aneurysm develops slowly over a long period of time, many patients do not feel any warning signs of fatal danger.
Only 30-40% of fractured aneurysms survive. patients. Therefore, an aortic aneurysm is even called a “silent killer.”
Free abdominal aortic aneurysm monitoring programs are available in many Western European countries. According to their data, in Lithuania, 4 times more ruptured and unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms should be diagnosed according to the population.
Consequently, today there could be more than 5,000. men and women who have an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Most of them, about 70 percent, do not receive treatment because the disease has not yet been diagnosed. Although the diagnosis of the disease is simple and painless, with an ultrasound examination of the abdominal area, a specialist sees changes in the aortic wall and prescribes the appropriate treatment.
Depending on the stage of the disease and the anatomical characteristics of each patient, an open surgery or an endovascular procedure may be used to remove the aortic aneurysms.
If a ruptured aneurysm is found early, the treatment is 95 percent. the cases are successful.
T. Baltrūnas points out that there is an increased risk of developing aortic aneurysm in people who:
- are men over 65
- Smoked or smoked before
- You are aware that there have been cases of aortic aneurysm in your family.
- You notice that your blood pressure is high, you complain of hypertension.
- Have high cholesterol
- Note impaired blood circulation in the legs.
World Aorta Day will also be celebrated in Lithuania. Free aortic aneurysm screenings will be performed on Saturday, September 19:
from 12 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the MO Museum in Vilnius (Pylimo str. 17)
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Klaipeda Sailors Hospital (Liepojos str. 45)
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. On the territory of the LSMU clinics in Kaunas (Eivenių st. 2)
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