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Thoracic aortic aneurysm: Anyone had surgery?

Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Oct 13 10:14pm | Replies (284)
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@rl1 oops,- I omitted- non smoker past ten years. On warfarin past ten years . Non drinker . Weight a little heavy but not obese . Long time cholesterol issues under control with low dose statins.

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ppiper | @ppiper | Oct 12 10:29am

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Those are tremendously overly pessimistic views of your situation! Your Medicare is not a problem, particularly if it’s Classic. By all means consider distant surgery options. These are procedures that require experience above all. Mayo, Madison, Cleveland Clinic all well worth having to recover with less support than if local. But ‘recover’ is the operative word! By all means get the second ( and third) opinion. Many good articles emphasizing the completely normal lifespan after successful surgery, so go for that 13 rather than 2. And all those risks of stroke, MI etc are real, but typically quite manageable. Mortality is down to 1% or less at major centers and morbidity ~ 6 %, so think 94% positive outcome.
Keep us filled in and best wishes for a speedy recovery.

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