Patients with aortic atherosclerosis can develop into aortic aneurysms and may also experience arterial entrapment separation.
Thoracic aortic aneurysms can cause chest pain, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing, haemoptysis, paralysis of the vocal cords due to pressure on the recurrent laryngeal nerve, displacement or obstruction of the trachea, and compression of the superior vena cava and pulmonary artery, among other manifestations.
In addition, aortic atherosclerosis is an important cause of systemic embolism.