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Aortic Aneurysms - 4.5CM - Bicuspid Valve

Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Sep 25 10:07am | Replies (30)
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@niravani

Thank you.
If I go with just highest reading ignoring all 5 previous tests (2 ECHO + 2 CT + 1 TEE), all showing highest being 4.6. New ECHO showing 5.3 and especially within 3 months, doesn't make sense. Going to the highest reading, which is 5.3 will put in surgery now as I also have bicuspid valve and they would operate at 5.0CM.
I am not sure, if someone else is in the same boat and when it comes to test, is ECHO vs. CT scan results are comparable or CT is much of a gold standard?

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pamela78 | @pamela78 | Sep 5 10:29am

I think you need to get a medical opinion about this. I'm way out of my depth here but I wish you well. This is a scary business.

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mikeneverwired | @mikeneverwired | Sep 6 8:14am

I'd recommend another scan and/or have a second doc review the earlier echo's. I found my scans on my 'portal' and was able to use their dimension measurement tool to take some measurements of my own and I can attest that you have to be very careful to take measurements in exactly the same manner or your results could be different.

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