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discrepancy between echo and CTA
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: May 8 10:04pm | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
Thank you, my mind is relatively at ease, that it is a reading error. Do you have BAV or any sort of connective tissue disease or genetic abnormality? I have BAV and my understanding is that it will grow significantly faster than someone with TAV (tricuspid aortic valve). I keep hoping to find someone with BAV who has remained the same for a decade to put my mind at ease though
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I have the TAV so may not have faced the same experience as you. I hope your next cardio visit will clear up some of the conflicting or concerning info you have.
Wishing you good health.
Donna
Good morning. I have a BAV. Didn't know about it until my GP heard a heart murmur so sent me for an echo in 2018. I am 73yrs. I get one annually. I do not know if I have an aneurysm. No one has said so. But Oct. 2024 the cardio md. tells me I'll need "a valve job, not if, but when" and says likely in 2025. I have access online to my echo results report but do not know how to read it. I have Lupus. So, the seven years of echos has shown a mild/moderate aortic stenosis which I guess has worsened. Anyway.....Take care!!
I have a BAV and an ascending aorta that measures 4.5. I am 72. The aorta has been stable, measuring 4.5 for 9 years. I have "moderate aortic valve calcification." Yesterday the surgeon I had an appointment with said he expects in 5 years the valve will need replacement at which time the aneurism will be repaired.... even if it tays at 4.5.
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I have BAV and when first diagnosed in Dec 23 , my aneurysm was measured at 4.2 with CT ., second CT in June 24 it was 4.4 and was told that was slow ? . I do not have another screening until this June . And it’s going to be an echo ?? So hard to say what they will measure at? It’s kinda frustrating for sure!!