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I was diagnosed very recently that my aorta was enlaged

Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: May 24 3:37pm | Replies (53)
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Thanks for your input. I just concerned of the uncertainty. I'm hoping l can at least get some piece of mind. What's your doctor's opinion of what he feels is to high of a number before it's a serious situation. The Internet can scare you to death. I appreciate getting information from someone who is going through it.

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23997929 | @23997929 | May 15 3:23pm

My doctor told me surgery is normally scheduled at 5.0 cm. At that point he schedules the surgery. They normally have a 2 month wait but of course if urgent they will do earlier. As others have mentioned it is important to do it a major hospital that has full staff and is very experienced in doing this kind of cardio thoracic surgery. My local hospital and cardiology department does not have that.

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