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Ascending aortic aneurysm – repair/surgery

Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Sep 12, 2023 | Replies (63)

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@maryswims

Hello, you are brave and I admire you! I am 65, with a smaller 3.9 to 4.0 AAA. I have some questions now about planning. If it grows in diameter, how do I choose a Mayo surgeon, and are the hospitals they affiliate with necessarily Mayo hospitals? My current doctor is part of an excellent Brown University group , operating out of RI hospital. Shouldn’t the hospital be located where you live in order for you to commute easily and also in case there is an emergency? Of course we may be talking years and decades from now, hopefully. There’s no saying the doctor I have chosen is even going to be remain at that hospital when I need him .I’d like to know more about how all of this works.

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I had my repair at Abbott hospital in Minneapolis Minnesota. The surgeon was well known. He has written papers on AAA. I. personally believe if the surgeon has preformed the surgery before a number of times successfully he knows what.he is doing. Let me know when.amd if you.need surgery how it turned out. Thank you and good luck.😇👃👃