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Thoracic aortic aneurysm 5.2 Advice-please
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Nov 11 1:42pm | Replies (49)Comment receiving replies
Congratulations on having completed surgery and hope you’re recovering well; a harrowing journey. Thank you for the rec for Dr Haney!
During your workup and research process, I was wondering did some surgeons only do aortic aneurysms and others did a scope of cardiovascular surgeries? Is there a preference or it’s sort of determined by the Mayo Clinic which member of the surgical team is most appropriate for your case?
Thank you very much.
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One of Dr. Haney's specialties is aortic root and ascending aorta surgeries including Bentall procedure. He also handles the "weird stuff" which is why my cardiologist at Mayo referred me to him. I had a complex coronary fistula system, a large aberrant bronchial artery as well as a cto LAD which was missed in by my local cardiologist because he relied too much on a nuclear perfusion test which erroneously assumed the blood flow from the complex coronary fistula was the LAD when it was actually goin straight to the pulmonary artery.
Dr. Haney also does heart and lung transplants.
Edit: My root was at 4.8cm and ascending aorta 4.7cm. After repairing the right coronary artery aneurysm, the aortic root ruptured. it turns out that the tissue was fragile. We had discussed various options in the event it needed repair so he was ready when that happened. I was very fortunate that is where it happened and not at home!