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Ascending aortic aneurysm and elevators
Odd question, but I will be going to NYC for the holidays. Some of the places have high speed elevators that travel quickly. I was told not to ride rides or do anything that ascends or descends quickly in reference to amusement park rides. However, are high speed elevators safe? Many of these ascend in less than a minute.
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High-speed elevators are safe with an ascending aortic aneurysm. The warning you were given about “no fast rides” is about things that force your body to strain, hold your breath, or take sudden heavy G-forces. That’s what can spike pressure inside your chest. Elevators don’t do that. Even the fast ones in New York go up smoothly. They don’t make your blood pressure jump and they don’t cause the kind of stress inside the aorta that amusement-park rides do.
When my own Type A dissection hit me in 2015, it wasn’t from anything like an elevator—it was from a sudden internal pressure surge. That’s the kind of thing your doctors are trying to prevent. As long as you ride the elevator normally and don’t tense up or hold your breath, you’re fine. They’re safe to use. Peace.
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