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enlarged aorta vs aneurysm?

Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Sep 24 1:19pm | Replies (16)

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I assume from your username you are in the Burgh. I am north in Franklin. I was seen at a UPMC hospital and not a VA facility since there isn't a hospital nearby. I went in for Afib, which was the diagnosis, and the stress test was awesome. I went into normal sinus on my own, but they did try cardioversion twice, which didn't work. I went home and the next day I went for a 2.9 mile run and kept it at 136 bpm, but these past couple of days I've been woken up from a dead sleep with an episode. I worry that I pushed myself back into Afib, and exerted pressure on the aorta. I think anxiety has the better of me at the moment. My appt. is for November 5th provided the VA community care can swing it. At the moment I am really nervous about lifting 30 lb dumbbells or running again. Thanks for the tip on the video! I am going to watch. I love data, but I am learning that you can research Afib and aortic root stuff and find lots of death and destruction, but not being a cardiologist, I can't grasp context sometimes!! Thanks for the reply.

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Glad the comments were of some use to you. FWIW, relative to the aortic dilation, the statistics on dissection if you are less than 5.0 cm (which you clearly are) and don't have some sort of a genetic marker, like Marfan's, are fairly comforting (i.e., less than 1% risk of dissection). I know there is a higher incidence of afib among endurance athletes, and I hope your doctor is able to help you with that.