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What makes ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms increase in size?
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I absolutely understand. I am also 80 and sitting at 4.2 TAA. I’m 5’2 so I’m not sure what they consider to be surgery ready. Every day is a challenge so I try to stay busy but my mind drifts often and sometimes I take a quarter of a Xanax to level a bit. (Kinda hard to split a25 mg in 4 pieces😂 but I don’t want to rely on it). My cardiologist is not optimistic about surgery for me. We must pray that they further develop TEVAR for a quicker, easier surgery.🙏🏻🤞🏻
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I have my yearly CT tomorrow. The last one was 4.1. It had grown .1 in one year. My cardiologist is not worried. I am 69 and he said I will probably die from something other than the aneurism .
So I don’t understand the worry about a 4.3. My dr said he doesn’t even call it an aneurism. He calls it a dilation . I hope we all will be okay.
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4.2 isn’t considered surgery ready. I am 4.2 in 2023. I’ll have another CT next month. My cardiologist says we will discuss surgery at 5.0. I’m 77.