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Hi
How can some aortic aneurysms be harmless?
I’m 63 going on 64.
Had a CT scan heart without contrast for calcium scoring. It was zero -0- great news!
but then I saw that there’s a fusiform ascending aortic dilation 4.1 cm so my primary when I brought it up to him a year later when if I should get another one, finally referred me to a heart doctor and then he said they just monitor it and maybe I should take the propanolol even though I don’t have high blood pressure I don’t smoke anymore and my weight is pretty low average.
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Hi @beasnest7. I have a 4.7 cm aneurysm discovered a few years ago. I'm not a doctor, but I'd guess that your doctor isn't saying that it's nothing, but that it's not a cause for huge concern. The rate of problems at 4.1cm is pretty small I think (even for people with genetics that can predispose one to aneurysms as I understand it). Yet it should absolutely be monitored. Someone should discuss taking the aneurysm into account in your level of exertion/exercise. Someone should also have asked you about your family history. It's great that you have normal BP. Keeping blood pressure low can help keep it from growing. I'm not on propranolol and I am being monitored by someone I have confidence in. I am on BP medication, though, because I have high BP when unmedicated. I think those beta-blockers are hard on some people, but I have no personal experience.
Congratulations on that zero CAC score! I imagine the heart doctor will have more detailed information for you. Good luck!
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@beasnest7 Hello
I have a 4.2 that I have known about for two years
It has not grown
I would not take meds at this point and just monitor it
Not worth the side effects!