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Stenting an Ascending Aortic Aneurysm under 5
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: May 22 6:21am | Replies (25)Comment receiving replies
Per Cleveland Clinic - TEVAR - Researchers are developing new devices
specifically for the ascending aorta. The exciting research shows much
promise. In the future, endovascular methods could repair ascending aorta aneurisms. I am 92 years of age and Cleveland Clinic has suggested in my case, 5 cm, "hybrid" surgery for repair of the ascending aorta aneurism. "Hybrid" meaning partial open due to my age, etc. Advances are being made - will it be soon enough for many of us??
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@bobjoseph Hi Bob, I am 89.5 and worried for 18 months with an ascending and a aortic root
aneurysm (4.2 & 4.4 respectively) but then two things happened within the same month. First I finally got a cardiologist who said neither aneurysm had grown significantly in 1.5 years. But the second thing was an article in the JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) who published a study covering several years and thousands of people with the same aneurysms we have. The astounding thing was that the number of people who did not have surgery and resulted in death was less than 1 %. But the number who had surgery and died was closer to 3%. The study admitted that open heart surgery could be dangerous for those of us who are compromised either due to age or other issues.
I am not a gambler, but that study changed my life. Sixty deaths out of 6K? I'll take those odds over surgery any day. I am back to exercise and enjoying my life again. This is just my story, I am not advocating this position for anyone else. I am just suggesting that aneurysms need not be all gloom and doom.