Most aneurysms occur in the aorta, the main artery that carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the body. The aorta goes through the chest and abdomen. An aneurysm that occurs in the chest portion of the aorta is called a thoracic (tho-RAS-ik) aortic aneurysm. An aneurysm that occurs in the abdominal portion of the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Aneurysms also can occur in other arteries, but these types of aneurysm are less common.
Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona shooting survivor â A framed photograph of Giffords stands at the center of a memorial during a candlelight vigil at the University Medical Center on January 8, 2011. The congresswoman was shot in the head during an event that day in front of a Safeway grocery store in Tucson, Arizona.
Theo Wargo/Getty Images. New details surrounding Frank Gifford are surfacing three months after his death. The sportscaster, NFL Hall of Famer, former New York Giants star and husband of Today show co-anchor Kathie Lee Gifford, died at 84 years old in August of natural causes.