I am 92 years young, 6' 1" weigh 225 pounds and have an ascending aorta aneurism measuring 5 c.m. A former professional athlete who lifted 100,000 pounds per week prior to diagnosis - now walk 1 1/2 miles 3 days/week in a swimming pool. Cleveland Clinic when necessary, will perform a "partial" open heart surgery to repair the AAA. Also, the University of Maryland recently published an article, "A Breakthrough in Aortic Root Treatment" via the Endo Bentall Procedure. In addition, Stanford University has previously conducted Endo Vascular repair of AAA.