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Tying to decide when I should have surgery?
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@lulu797......there are certainly other factors guiding the surgery decision. Specifically, other health issues or co-morbidites that need to be considered, and their possible issues post-surgery. Stunningly, a simple query to Ai showed a 3-fold higher risk for death post surgery or post-surgical complications than for an actual dissection of an ascending aortic aneurysm in a 71 y.o. male. Something to consider.
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Take A.I. queries with a grain of salt. That 3 fold number is flat wrong unless you are talking about the local community hospital that does one of these every 3 years. Those numbers definitely don't hold up at Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic etc. Have a dissection or rupture, and surviving at the local ER is about a 80% odds of making it there and and 5% if you do get there. Plus, they may not know what they are dealing with until its too late. The assumption with John Ritter and Lindsey Graham was a cardiac arrest.
First, you need more than just a "general" cardiologist. Second, if it comes to surgery, you need a surgeon experienced in this.