Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
The following are risk factors for AAA:
| Family History | Smoking |
| Age (Increasing incidence with increasing age) | Gender (Males have a higher incidence than females) |
| High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) | Atherosclerosis (Hardening of the arteries) |
Some facts about AAA:
AAA is the 9th leading cause of death in the United States
Some literature indicates a link between increased serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in the blood and AAA. The feeling is the increased CRP might be from the inflammatory process of the AAA.
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