Catalog
Aortic aneurysm or dissection
Link to WHO Definition
Aortic aneurysm or dissection – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1674517934
Aortic aneurysm is a term for any swelling (dilation or aneurysm) of the aorta to greater than 1.5 times normal, usually representing an underlying weakness in the wall of the aorta at that location. Aortic dissection occurs when a tear in the inner wall of the aorta causes blood to flow between the layers of the wall of the aorta, forcing the layers apart.
Parents
Children
- BD50.4 Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Aortic aneurysm, not elsewhere classified
- BD50.1 Ascending aorta dissection not beyond arch
- BD50.3 Thoracic aortic aneurysm
- BD50.5 Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
- Aortic dissection, not elsewhere classified
- BD50.2 Descending aorta dissection and distal propagation
- BD50.0 Thoracic aortic dissection, ascending aorta dissection and propagation beyond arch
- Aortic aneurysm due to congenital heart disease
- Rupture of dissecting aneurysm of aorta
- Familial aortic dissection
- BE13 Postprocedural true or false aortic aneurysm
- Aortic aneurysm syndrome, Loeys-Dietz type