@turtle2026 I have been trying to get an appointment at the Mayo Clinic for the past 4 months. Their system is evidently so tight that they cannot give a specific appointment regardless of how far out; even moths out. But what they will do is give you a text message when there is a cancellation. The text is also sent to many other patients (as many as 25?) and the text says that you have a window of about an hour to respond. First come first chosen. I have missed 3 calls since at 89, I never got in the habit of wearing my phone constantly. Now, if I were a little more paranoid I might get the idea that the system was designed to eliminate old geezers from that text competition. But, I have just resigned myself to hoping that the two aneurysms get tired of growing any bigger.

@turtle2026 yes ! mayo is where you want to go. That is where my husband goes.
However, thoracic ascending aortic aneurysms are treated in CV surgery. The aortic center does other aneurysms.