What is abdominal aortic stenosis?

Abdominal aortic stenosis refers to abnormal narrowing of the aorta anywhere along its course in the abdomen producing a bottleneck effect, where there is hypertension (elevated blood pressure) above the narrowing and hypotension (decreased blood pressure) below the narrowing.

How do members experience abdominal aortic stenosis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with abdominal aortic stenosis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for abdominal aortic stenosis*

Who has abdominal aortic stenosis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 0
30s 1
40s 4
50s 15
60s 19
70+ 29

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 9
Female 60