Guest guest Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 If you are over 55, I recommend you seek out an aneurism screening situation. I got in on a free one that came with a hospital-sponsored lecture, and because my dad died from one at my age, the vascular surgeon supervised my screening personally. Very comforting. Peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 From what I hear on the news, the tear in Ritter's aorta was UNDETECTABLE. So an aneurism screening wouldn't have done any good. on 9/12/2003 12:49 PM, hsanborn2@... at hsanborn2@... wrote: > If you are over 55, I recommend you seek out an aneurism screening situation. > I got in on a free one that came with a hospital-sponsored lecture, and > because my dad died from one at my age, the vascular surgeon supervised my > screening personally. Very comforting. Peg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 From what I've seen on the news, Ritter did not die of an aneurysm, which is detectable and might have been observed if he'd had other diagnostic tests done in the past. He died from a condition where there was a tear in the aorta, that did not bulge out (it was not an aneurysm) but caused blood to be pumped into the wall of the aorta rather than down the normal vessel of the aorta. Eventually, this may weaken to the point where there is excessive bleeding, and the body's blood supply is affected. Apparently, this is not usually detected until it is fatal. Even if they had looked for an aneurysm, this would not have been found. Iris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Additionally, sudden death syndrome is not necessarily due to an aneurysm. The heart can stop. I think that can happen without any warning like fibrillation. My bro, I noticed one day his habit of falling asleep in the chair was different. His arrhythmia was due to an irregularity. His wife had not noticed it as he commonly slept in his chair. I used my BP machine so he could hear the pulses and skipping beats. THEN he would go to the doctor. The other thing is that dr's don't or won't do screening for people with seemingly good hearts. That's why we have football players dying at 20yo with 85% plugged arteries. Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Francesca Skelton Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [ ] sudden death From what I hear on the news, the tear in Ritter's aorta wasUNDETECTABLE. So an aneurism screening wouldn't have done any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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