Word: aortic
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DIED. VINE DELORIA, 72, sardonic scholar widely regarded as the century's most influential Native American thinker, writer and activist; of complications from an aortic aneurysm; in Denver. In more than 20 books, most famously the 1969 manifesto Custer Died for Your Sins, the Standing Rock Sioux debunked stereotypes and articulated the legitimacy of Native American intellectual and spiritual beliefs, once noting, "We have brought the white man a long...
Unfortunately, aortic dissections are impossible to predict. "You can't get screened for dissection," says Dr. Ann Bolger, a cardiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and a spokeswoman for the American Heart Association. "It's not there until it starts, and when it starts, it's almost over...
There are tests that can detect small aneurysms--tiny bulges in the arterial wall that sometimes precede aortic dissections. But finding these aneurysms in the chest is a major production, and just because you have one doesn't mean you'll get a dissection. (Abdominal aneurysms are easier to spot...
...however, decrease your risk of developing an aortic tear the same way you decrease your risk of heart disease--stop smoking, start exercising, and if you have either high blood pressure or diabetes, get it under control...
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