Can thoracic aortic aneurysms cause shortness of breath?

Can thoracic aortic aneurysms cause shortness of breath? The thoracic aorta arises from the heart and turns in the chest across the kind of top of the sternum, and then goes down into the abdomen straight down through the mediastinum, which is the kind of area between the two lungs. And within that area are other structures. So for example, the esophagus, which is food pipe or the trachea which is the windpipe. If the aneurysm somehow presses on these or compresses them it can produce symptoms of shortness of breath. It's quite unusual however for the aneurysm to cause this. What also must be borne in mind is that the risk factors for thoracic aneurysms namely smoking and other pulmonary problems can exist at the same time so you can have shortness of breath with a thoracic aneurysm which isn't necessarily caused by the aneurysm itself. Another condition which can cause shortness of breath or problem swallowing is a congenital aberrant right subclavian artery, which means that the artery to your right arm arises further around to the left and comes around the back of these structures, so this more commonly causes problem swallowing or shortness of breath than a standard thoracic and everything.