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Stenting an Ascending Aortic Aneurysm under 5
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Moonboy, Thanks for that very authoritative explanation. With all of the reading I have done I have not read what exactly is the reason that entry at the groin and threading up through the aorta cannot go to (or get to) the ascending aortic aneurysm? Is it the arch, the heart itself or the need for the surgical graft procedure? Or something else? Dan
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It isn't that they can't get to it. It has to do with the fact that the ascending aorta moves more than the rest of the aorta because of it's attachment at the aortic root. Due to movement of the heart, the ascending aorta moves. As a result, it comes down to the strength of the landing zone. I have an artificial valve and a Dacron conduit for part of my ascending aorta because of the root rupturing. If they valve every needs repaired in the future, they can repair it by going through the groin.