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I was just diagnosed with an AAA measuring 6cm x6.2cm
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For clarification and on the thread regarding my post "I was just diagnosed with an AAA measuring 6cm x6.2cm", this is in reference to an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. I didn't know AAA could also mean Ascending Aortic Aneurysm. Sorry for any confusion. My CTA was of the chest, abdomen and pelvis but only revealed one aneurysm and it was in the abdomen. At 6.2 cm it is rather large apparently.
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AAA is used by the medical field for abdominal aortic aneurism. The confusion arises because one area of a Thoracic aortic Aneurysm i.e TAA, the ascending aorta can have them and some people inaccurately call it that as well. TAA can occur in the aortic root, ascending aorta, arch or descending aorta.