Aortic Aneurysm

An abnor­mal bulge in the wall of the aor­ta, the body’s main artery, which can be life-threat­en­ing if it rup­tures.

Sleep research — includ­ing Stan­ford’s SleepFM study — has found that sig­nals record­ed dur­ing a sin­gle night’s sleep can be asso­ci­at­ed with future risk of this and relat­ed con­di­tions. This is gen­er­al infor­ma­tion, not a diag­no­sis. Learn about the research behind this entry →