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How common is abdominal aortic aneurysm in patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure? can they occur spontaneously or over many years?
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It is a risk.: Uncontrolled high blood pressure is a risk for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, AAA, along with smoking and high cholesterol. These risk accumulate over years but very high blood pressure my precipitate complications such as AAA rupture. Please get your high blood pressure treated.
Answered 2/22/2015
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