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Aortic Ascending Aneurism - Share Growth Rate
Aortic Aneurysms | Last Active: Mar 13 4:06pm | Replies (52)Comment receiving replies
Hi
I have a sending aortic aneurysm as well. 4.1
My docs say they won’t let it go past a 5. So make sure you have that watched.
I will opt for surgery as I just had a brain aneurysm and now this. So they are watching me. Get opinions always is safe.
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Interesting, I also had a brain aneurysm and an ascending aortic aneurysm (found while getting leg fracture surgery) with bicuspid valve. Both are fixed, embolization to fix the brain one, open heart for the aortic. My heart surgery was at 5.2, the size it had when they found it. That was my surgeon’s recommendation, he never mentioned 5.5, he did say 5.0 and above are considered large. I could not wait to have it fixed, had the surgery as soon as appropriate after my leg surgery (3 months). Back to normal life, (that was 4 years ago) just monitoring the valve every year
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Like I said, I have 4.5cm but I also have bicuspid valve which cause the aneurysm to begin with. Just don’t know how long it took to get to 4.5cm. Next scan is in June 2024 so we will see.
I saw and read studies where this can not grow at all and for some it grows 0.1mm a year and for some it grows 0.8mm a year!!
So most importantly, I am looking forward to see how much mine will grow with bicuspid valve if I maintain good cholesterol and maintain good BP.
Good luck.