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5.3 Aortic Aneurysm Surgery Completed
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Apr 15 2:56pm | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
I agree and absolutely do not want to confuse anyone. My husband has Loeys-Dietz and has a AAA measuring 5.2 cm currently. Our thoracic surgeon said that depending on the location and other factors would determine whether the less invasive EVAR procedure. I thought I was reporting on AAA. My apologies if I made a mistake or posted in the wrong area. My only experience is that I’m a retired RN and trusted what the medical professionals have told us.
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AAA is used as an abbreviation for abdominal aortic aneurysm. TAA is Thoracic aortic aneurysm and includes descending aortic and ascending aortic aneurysm, the aortic arch and aortic root. only the descending aorta in the TAA category as EVAR as a possible option. Those are experimental for the ascending aorta. I had a Bental procedure on my aortic root and ascending aorta 7 months ago in addition to several other things at Mayo in Jacksonville. That said, I consider a 5.2cm and 5.9cm TAA to be very very serious.