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Thanks for responding. Are you comfortable sharing what Mayo has recommended so far?

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Yes. They are monitoring mine and will decide after my next measurement on next steps. It's 4.8 at the sinus of valsalva (aortic root) , 4.3 at the sinotubular junction, and 4.1 at my ascending aorta. They will consider surgery if mine reaches 5.0 because it may be something that runs in my family. My genetic test came back with none of the markers that they know about. However, I have an uncle, brother and first cousin who died prematurely and expectedly- no autopsies were performed so we don't know the exact cause of death. 2 were heart failures of some type, and my cousin was estranged so all we know is that he died at 61 suddenly and unexpectedly. Everything else about my heart is typical - and I have very good blood pressure. So they feel it's like something that is genetic rather than. because of stresses on my heart.