@patti1416 I have been on Coumadin for years and my aortic artery aneurysm is at 3.9 until I have it checked in 2 months. Yes it has a
“Tear “ in it. My cardiovascular surgeon doesn’t seem to be too concerned about it.
I don’t like being on Coumadin due to my mechanical aortic heart valve with a torn aortic artery aneurysm. My last INR was 3.0 last week borderline high end. Thin blood with a torn aneurysm bothers me more than it does my cardiovascular surgeon apparently. He must know when it’s time to correct it? I don’t know. A few years ago they found a 3.7 cm with a tear in it during an unrelated CT scan and they were like “ oh my God we need this repaired now “. They dressed me back up and threw me into an ambulance for a quick ride to a higher rated trauma hospital and when I got there they took an immediate CAT scan and confirmed the torn aneurysm but the cardiologist for that hospital said “ well, yes you have one but it’s not bleeding and doesn’t need to be treated today” “ but you will need to come back later under a non emergency appointment “.
That was it. I was like “ look, it’s torn, and I’m Coumadin with an NRI that is always variable in thinness “ and he went on to another patient. I have great insurance so it wasn’t that! First thing I know I was being given my discharge paperwork and waiting for an ambulance to take me home. All because it wasn’t bleeding at the time.
One hospital took a fit and the second one was like “ well, it’s not bleeding!”
Are they waiting for an all out rupture that can be fatal quickly?
It looks like if you have a torn aneurysm but you’re not fatality bleeding because it’s less than 5.0 cm
(The golden number) you can be ignored other than a once in a year quick sonogram? Granted, it’s far from a 5.0 cm but why wait for a rupture??
These doctors aren’t so bright. My original cardiologist said “I don’t see anything!!!” The second cardiologist treated it like “ oh wow, we need to operate” the third cardiologist says yup it’s 3.7 cm and said “ see you next year “ my current cardiologist says “ it’s at 3.9” “see you in 6 months “.
It’s not like I had a poor insurance plan. My insurance covers everything 100% so why wait? Is it because I’m on Coumadin and they are afraid to go in?
That’s not an excuse. I’ve had surgery that required a 5 day hold on Coumadin and bridging with Levonox . So what’s the big deal?
Are they afraid that I may bleed to death and my family will sue him and the hospital for “ killing “ me?