There’s no doubt about your heart being the most important muscle in your body, and your aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, and aortic aneurysm is an abnormal bulge that occurs in the wall of the major blood vessel (aorta) that carries blood from your heart to your body. Although your aorta is a tough, durable workhorse, sometimes its walls can weaken and bulge in what is called an aortic aneurysm, which could cause a leak that spills blood into your body. Some aortic aneurysm burst, some don’t, others force blood flow away from your organs and tissues, causing problems, such as kidney damage, stroke, heart attacks, and even death. Types Of Aortic Aneurysms: There are two locations of aortic aneurysms with one being in the chest, which is a thoracic aortic aneurysm while the other is in the abdomen and is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Thoracic aortic aneurysm - Genes play a major role in your chances of having an aortic aneurysm in your chest. A bicusp...