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How Long Can Someone Live With A Clogged Aorta ?

How long can someone live with a clogged aorta?
Wed, 28 Apr 2010
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Well, the paramedic had the closest answer, but still not completely correct. "Clogging" of the aorta takes years. The person eventually develops claudication (pain in the legs with walking due to not enough blood). However, by the time the aorta is completely closed off, the body often has created it's own bypasses (called 'collaterals). We see maybe half a dozen of these a year. If the patient is otherwise healthy, we usually clean out the blockage and do what's called an aorto-bifemoral bypass. If they're not healthy, we do an axillo-bifemoral bypass. In this, blood is routed from the axillary artery (in the armpit), down the side of the chest and into the legs.
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My uncle has a blockage in the aorta in his stomach he was diagnosed with shingles until the did a cat scan and found this. You can actually feel it because it is swollen. Shouldn't he see a doctor in a special field.


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How Long Can Someone Live With A Clogged Aorta ?

Well, the paramedic had the closest answer, but still not completely correct. Clogging of the aorta takes years. The person eventually develops claudication (pain in the legs with walking due to not enough blood). However, by the time the aorta is completely closed off, the body often has created it s own bypasses (called collaterals). We see maybe half a dozen of these a year. If the patient is otherwise healthy, we usually clean out the blockage and do what s called an aorto-bifemoral bypass. If they re not healthy, we do an axillo-bifemoral bypass. In this, blood is routed from the axillary artery (in the armpit), down the side of the chest and into the legs.