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Abdominal Aorta stenosis

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Thank you Justin for your reply! Original incidental finding was done while traveling to Scottsdale AZ. Dr. there suggested that I should contact my Dr as soon as I return since we were leaving in two days after my ground fall which triggered the full body scan in emergency room. I do have an appointment with Vascular surgeon on 6/27! I also have reg 6 month check up appointment with my cardiologist, which was made before this incidental finding. I thought once my VS gives me some insight of what is going on and meaning of it all, I can call my cardiologist. I am hoping he should be able to tell me if I need earlier appointment with my cardiologist ! Is that a right thing to do? I seem to find on Google, chatgpt, and AI sites, ( did more out of curiosity then for diagnosis purpose) more information on Aorta aneurysm but not on .5cm aortic stenosis! Some site says that narrowing of aorta to .5 cm can turn into aneurysm! I don’t understand how us that possible !! When one is narrowing and other is bulging!!!To be honest, I hoping that this is a false positive result by faulty scan machine. 🙏But I will keep my appointment with VS regardless! He is checking my carotid arteries (sonogram) since there is some narrowing there too, on reg basis, after I was operated on it once two year ago, already! I appreciate any advice and guidance! Thank you once again!

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@manisham I am sure your vascular surgeon will be able to explain the aortic stenosis vs. aortic aneurysm confusion, He would be the most qualified person to explain the difference between the two.

From what I understand, an aortic stenosis could lead to an aneurysm somewhere else along the aorta because of restrictive blood flow through the aorta - sort of like a kink in a garden hose can create pressure on another part of the hose - not a clear analogy, but I hope you can get at least a vague idea how that can happen.

I would imagine a vascular surgeon could also deal with cardiovascular problems …?

@manisham @happilyalive I believe the aneurysm occurs elsewhere along the aorta close to the stenosis site. I picture one of those long sausage like balloons being blown up in a way that creates a bulge along the way when pinched … for example (picture #2 here) …?