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Aneurysm, Ruptured

"Aneurysm, Ruptured" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

The tearing or bursting of the weakened wall of the aneurysmal sac, usually heralded by sudden worsening pain. The great danger of a ruptured aneurysm is the large amount of blood spilling into the surrounding tissues and cavities, causing HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Aneurysm, Ruptured" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Aneurysm, Ruptured" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 235 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 19 publications in 2017
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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.