@gently Hi, you stated "These days the surgeries are so much easier as they can be done most commonly without opening the chest." .......... I have been diagnosed with an Ascending Aortic Aneurysm and a Root aneurysm with an aortic valve prolapse a year ago 4.2 and 4.5 cm. Also have a Mitral valve prolapse diagnosed 8 years ago and still untreated as it is not growing. I wish your statement were true that ascending aortic aneurysms could be done without opening the chest, but unless they just invented a new method, that is not the case. A descending aortic aneurysm is done with minimal invasive surgery but ascending is still open heart surgery or I missed the good news. Hope your correct and I just missed something cause I may need to under the knife in a year or so and do an open heart surgery.