This thread and this group is about aortic aneurysms. Only about 10 people in 100,000 have a Thoracic aortic aneurysm. The context is about controlling blood pressure and sleep apnea in order to not exacerbate an aneurysm. Hypertension doesn't cause them nor does apnea. Primary hypertension can be controlled with medications etc. Sleep apnea can cause secondary hypertension that may come and go, often undetected. I had random blood pressure issues up until about a year before I had open heart surgery. In around October 2023 I ended up with primary hypertension. I didn't know about the apnea until Oct 2023 when I had a sleep study ordered along with an echocardiogram. The Echo found the 3.7 to 4.4 ascending aortic and root aneurysm and in May of 2024 it was 4.3 to 4.3 by the same technician. Based on re-measurement of those 2 scans and a new CT with Contrast, they were thought to be about 4.7 to 4.8 but apparently stable. Of course I had been controlling the blood pressure and apnea since Dec 23 at that point. I still have a section close to the aortic arch that is 4.4.