Forgot to add this about bleeding out. We had a patient in our hospital that was scheduled for surgery. He was on the ward and was calling his wife the night before surgery. He had an aortic arch anuresym needing repair. He sat down and told his wife he was not feeling well and died. The anuresym dissected completely and pumped most his blood into his chest cavity. It was painless.
AAA runs in the male side of my family
My father, my brother, and I have all had repairs done. Our sons get checked regularly now for it
I know a couple men who didn’t catch it in time. Bled out in the ER before they could rush him into surgery