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Celiac Artery Aneurysm: Anyone else with same illness?

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@kimberlyh57

Hi I was told yesterday that I have a fusiform aneurysm of the celiac artery. They said it was 1cm, it was found on the CT scan. I went to ER I was having intermittent epigastric area pain that radiates into my upper back, between my shoulder blades. When the pain was intermittent it was after eating and then it was constant for 2days. I was worried something was going on with my heart, I’m 57 and have hypertension. They said my heart enzymes were negative and ekg was good, then they did CT and found the celiac artery aneurysm. I didn’t know how rare it is until I looked it up. I could tell the ER doctor wasn’t familiar with it by the look on her face. What I’m wondering has anyone who has a celiac aneurysm have any similar symptoms as mine? I’m going to make an appointment Monday with my primary doctor, since it’s this weekend this occurred. I would appreciate any information anyone can give me. It’s kinda overwhelming.

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@kimberlyh57 We called 911 for my husband (age 58) on a Saturday night , as we thought he was having a heart attack. His pain was middle & upper chest & very intense & into his back & he was sweaty & short of breath. Among other tests, they referred for an ultrasound, where results would be sent to one of their vascular surgeons. Two days later on the Monday, he had a light meal for lunch & immediately after that meal the same intense epigastric pain came back. It was only then that we realized the Saturday attack had also been triggered by a meal.
A few days later he had an ultrasound of his stomach, and from that the vascular surgeon gave us the diagnosis of a 1.3 cm celiac artery aneurysm. I previously posted here - his advice was no smoking, control cholesterol, keep a close eye on blood pressure, no heavy lifting, and limit stress.
Take care and All the best,
Michele
Toronto, Canada