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Managing Anxiety with an Aneurysm
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@pear1714
What did your cardiologist mean by "not there yet"?
My cardiologist waited for over a year before telling me that I had an aortic problem.
Do these doctors just sit on the diagnosis until the patient gets so bad they can then refer us to a specialist? My cardiologist referred me to a thoracic surgeon and of course, I have open heart surgery in my future.
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@ewei6911 I have a left bundle branch block and cardiologist from Emory, Duke &UC Health never told me when I had my echocardiogram. I read reports and LBBB was listed but I didn’t look up the initials so I didn’t know until I had issues and needed a pacemaker. So frustrated. I should have been told. The doctors I saw were from Top cardiologist practice. I have had aorta valve replaced 2 times so that is all they talked about. I know have an aorta dissection from when I had my aorta replaced by TAVR valve. It is at the aorta arch. A top surgeon told me it was probably done when they took out the filter while doing the procedure. So frustrating. It is hard to trust Doctors anymore.
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@ewei6911 what he meant is that I was not to the point of Surgery. My aneurysm is still small no need to see a surgeon. Actually my primary doctor called me right away to let me know I had a Thoracic Aorta Aneurysm before the cardiologist found out. I don’t see that cardiologist anymore. Last year I started seeing a specialist that specializes on Aneurysm (Cardiologist) I feel more at ease with someone knows about aneurysms. Eventually I will need a surgeon but I trust that my cardiologist will refer me with someone that has experience with aneurysms