What happens when you die of an aortic aneurysm?

My grandma passed away on Monday. They found her body lying in the kitchen yesterday afternoon and they think she collapsed when she was getting her morning coffee. At Christmas time in 2014 she was diagnosed with her aneurysm and the doctor told her that with surgery she had a 50% chance of surviving, and without it, she had about two years left. She didn't get the surgery and two years and about three months later, she's gone. My mom says she must have been dead before the hit the ground. Is this true? What is going on inside the body when an aneurysm happens, and what causes it to finally burst? Did she suffer any pain? How and why does this happen?

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sighmeupforthat · 46-50, M

depends, we can't tell you that. some say no pain other's dire pain.. then some say it's a lapse comatic stage dream like state.

but those who die from it can't tell us. those who survive it's 70/30 on what they claim is accurate as best to their knowledge.

most i know who had an aneurysm.. said it was HURT LIKE MUTHER F'ER! (in many cases the pain can last for weeks prior to the attack.)

i had a stroke back in '03 and that hurt like hell.

in most cases the aneurysm is a balloon vein which beings to spout leaks until the suspect artery bursts.

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