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Stenting an Ascending Aortic Aneurysm under 5
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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.
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@dew88 Enjoyed your response to my comments on possible stenting. Those odds you quote are very interesting - open surgery vs no surgery. Myself, I have "almost" got over the doom and gloom of our medical situation. I live each day according to the recommendations my cardiologist has suggested.......along with this website and the experiences of those of us who comment. I have given up with pounding weights. For exercise I now walk 5 miles a week in an olympic size swimming pool.
@dew88
Hi,
I have an ascending aorta dilation at 4.6 . It was 4.1 in 2016 when I was first told about. I wasn’t even aware of how important it was. I continued my life as usual. Walking 5-6 miles, working out and carrying my grocery from the supermarket.
My cardiologist didn’t stop me doing those but he said one thing, “as long as you’re not body building working with those weights over your head and not carrying very heavy things you’ll be fine.”
All my life I was very active and still doing the most and simplified my yoga and workout routine I’m fine🤞🙏.
I do have a resting heart rate, and normal blood pressure besides clean arteries. My cholesterol is a little high.., well my cells need it and body is making it.
When I read your story I loved it. We have to continue being active for blood circulation and careful at times.. hopefully we’ll avoid the surgery which I hate so much.
May be they’ll find something to stop the dilation without surgeries🙏 by the way I’m 76
young.
I wish all the people like me a
long and a very happy life. There
are more to learn in this world.
It’s worth to live. Peace and Love❤️
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@dew88
Good stuff thanks.
For me personally, one open heart surgery was enough! I successfully had a septal myectomy performed in 2019. The news of my Easter egg came shortly after the operation. I had an ascending aortic aneurysm. Now in Pennsylvania where I live it was told that the tevlar procedure cannot be done on AAAs. Maybe the technology has finally gotten good enough to perform them. Every check up I tell my cardiologist that I will not be cracked open again, ever!
The conversation usually stops there haha. What are you going to do right? It's a beautiful, sunny day today. I'm going to enjoy it. Thanks for the good words.