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5.3 Aortic Aneurysm Surgery Completed
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Apr 15 2:56pm | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
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.
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We were told by a Cardio Vascular surgeon at UW Health in Madison, WI who specializes in Loeys-Dietz Syndrome that my husband has a AAA and that EVAR may be an option. I was only relating what we were told by one of the leading specialists of this genetic disorder in the U.S. We were advised surgery will be needed for the AAA at 5.5 cm.
My apologies for typing thoracic instead of vascular surgeon in my previous post. My husband also has a TAA but it is being watched and not nearly as large as the AAA.