According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most effective way to
prevent aortic aneurysms is reducing risk factors including quitting smoking and controlling high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
$ 1.225 million settlement of wrongful death medical malpractice claim for failure of emergency room doctor consider dissecting
aortic aneurysm in the face of classic symptoms resulting in an eight hour delay before the correct diagnosis was made
preventing timely surgical intervention.