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I have a 4.8 cm ascending aorta aneurysm

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@dew88 Dr. Downey, Thoracic surgeon with Mayo Phoenix assured me age was not a barrier and that he had performed an ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm repair on a 95 year old former female wrestler from Mexico which I found a bit surprising.

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retiredrn | @retiredrn | Jun 21 4:55am

@aznative A late great Aunt of mine who was in a retired Chief Nurse at a Boston -area VA facility had a successful AAA repair at age 88 at Brigham and Women's. Post operatively, she continued to live independently in her home on Cape Cod. In fact, just a week prior to her death at age 92 due to colon cancer, she drove herself to the beauty parlor to get her hair done.

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