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Ascending Aortic Dilation - Ascending Aortic Aneurysm

Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: May 21 3:32am | Replies (261)
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@lisalucier

Hi, @bryanfox - I wanted to let you know I have moved your post here to this discussion called "Ascending Aortic Dilation - Ascending Aortic Aneurysm" so that you can talk with others who have had a similar situation. Hoping that @cobweb @hopeful33250 @dixitworld @rory and others will return to this discussion to respond to your question about MRA vs. CT scan in measuring ascending aortic aneurysm.

Have you gotten the chance to ask your doctor specifically what he or she thinks about the disparity in your imaging results?

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bryanfox | @bryanfox | Feb 5, 2020

Yes, he said that it's within the "margin of error" and to just come back in a year to do a re-scan, which again, seems to be good news, but perhaps TOO good, which is why I made the original post. Thanks

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cass57 | @cass57 | Apr 21, 2020

Hello, @lisalucier Here we are in April. Not sure how this post works yet. I am new. Reading some posted here. Interesting. They found a 4.8 Ascending aneurysm with bicuspid valve last August. I have never had and issue and in pretty good shape at 57. I was working out everyday. Hikingquite a bit and other activities. Now down to zero and depressed. The echo test should 5cm, the CT scan showed up at 4.8 and the latest CT scan showed up at 4.95. Am I coming or going? Can this grow that fast? Another scan is set up for August or September. I have no idea what to think of this. I am told operation with be needed before 5.5cm. Is this factual? They can't even tell me the exact size. How does this work? And quite frankly, Anyway, to say this is a nightmare is an understatement. Any feedback out there?

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