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.
Betty Friedan, * author of The Feminine Mystique, has been central to the reshaping of American attitudes toward women's lives and rights. new! Gabby Giffords was a U.S. Representative from Arizona when she was shot in the head by an enraged constituent.She retired and continues to overcome severe brain injury.olda Meir * was the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Meir was Israel's first and the world's third female to hold such an office. She was described as the Iron Lady of Israeli politics.