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What is What are the causes of Abdominal aortic aneurysm ? and explain in detail?
Its not known exactly what causes the aortic wall to weaken, although increasing age and being male are known to be the biggest risk factors.There are other risk factors you can do something about, including smoking and having high blood pressure and cholesterol level.Having a family history of aortic aneurysms also means that you have an increased risk of developing one yourself.