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Ascending Aortic Dilation - Ascending Aortic Aneurysm
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: May 21 3:32am | Replies (261)Comment receiving replies
Hi @jend,
I'm glad you posted your concern here and are being proactive about your health with this new information. Were you told that there's an aneurysm in your aorta? Here's some information about thoracic aortic aneurysm https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/thorcic-aneurysm/
I'm tagging members @johnwburns @elsinann @teatime @thegoodwife @thankful who can share their experiences and provide some guidance and thoughts.
Jen, have you seen your doctor to discuss the results of the scan and echo?
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I have to meet with the cardiologist and find out the details. It is an ascending aorta measuring 4.0 and the main pulmonary artery is 2.5. I am very worried as I am a huge runner and cross train with weights. I have low blood pressure but my cholesterol is high as is is heredity. I'm very active and have never smoked, am not overweight and eat fairly healthy so this was a shock. I am just hoping it won't change my lifestyle or shorten my life expectancy.