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An aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of the aorta. The aorta begins deep in the heart as it emerges from the powerful left ventricle, gently arching over the heart, descending into the chest, and finally into the abdomen. Some aortic aneurysms can be harmless; others can lead to catastrophic problems. I invite you to follow this group and connect with others, share experiences, exchange useful information, and learn about aortic aneurysms.
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@gladifoundthissite you can search it up (please do that). But I have both for different reasons. Echo is an ultrasound and can do live recordings, so then it can measure the pump action of the heart chanbers. This is how my heart failure amount is determined.
The Angiogram is a computer 3D model of the heart and aorta. Which is great to measure my aortic diameter at any point and spin it around in 3D. With the contrast it can see the blood flow into surrounding organs and vessels.
In triage in emergency the doctor did a bedside ultrasound and could see the 6.5cm aneurysm and my aortic dissection. This kicked off a whole bunch of excitement in the ER which resulted in my OHS soon after. I then had a CTAng to get the full picture which they would need for the surgery. They drew blood to see if I was having any heart attack.
I guess I was in shock and didn't know what was happening.
Like @moonboy - no one wants to get to this point.