Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA ... an aneurysm is found during a medical test such as a CT scan or ultrasound. Over time, vascular disease, injury or a hereditary ...