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Can aneurysms kill you?

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mr Matthias Trenner

Can aneurysms kill you?

Consultant vascular surgeon answers the whether aneurysms can kill you. He refers to them as the 'silent killer' because of the asymptomatic nature of them.

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can aneurysms kill you? Well, aneurysms are called the silent killer because typically you never know that you have an aneurysm until it ruptures, which means that there is blood flow out of the vasculature into the body and they then kill you. So if an aneurysm is detected and it is at a size that it's recommended to be operated on, it should be done because otherwise they can well kill you.

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