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Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: May 20 11:35am | Replies (6)
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When were you diagnosed? I’m 63 and my aortic root dilation was just discovered 4 months ago. I have the typical 3 leaflets and my blood pressure is similar to yours. right now my doctors at mayo are telling me to get an echo 1x year to monitor growth. do you know your dilation’s growth rate?
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Hi,
I was diagnoised in Decemebr of 2023. At that time a cardilogist read my dialiation at 4.9 with an echocardiogram I'm getting varied dilatation growth rates anywhere from 4.6 with a Gated CT scan (April 24) to a 5.1 with a recent (May 24) echocardiogram. Also getting conflicted reports on which test is more accurate for the aortic root measurment. One surgeon say the CT scan is the best and another claims the Echo is better??? I went for another CT scan just the other day but the radiologist opted out due to the dye needed and my only having one kidney. I'll confer with the surgeon this week. I've seen several cardiologist and two surgeons at this point, again, with conflicting views on the more accurate test. At this point it's check with CT scan every 6 months.