I really think some Doctors (depending on their specialty) who are not board certified in matters of the heart and major, serious medical issues like aneurysms, just do not want to seem like they are not the experts we have come to expect. My doctor found my aneurysm with a stethoscope, sent me for an ultrasound, changed his mind, did not inform me. Got to hospital & had to adjust to a CT scan with contrast for an unknown abdominal problem. When asked for my aneurysm size in cm's, the doctor could not find them but thought via memory that they were Ascending aortic Aneurysms: a Root @ 4.5cm and a regular @ 4.1cm. He just could not see why I was so interested in knowing my numbers. Yet, everyone on this cite knows theirs. Go figure. Been a year & still do not know my numbers for sure.