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Screening Method Discrepancies
Just got my results back from my CT scan. Devastated…my original reading in February was 4.2 cm for an ascending aorta aneurysm by an echocardiogram and now the CT scan a month later is 4.6 cm.
4 mm difference in a month sounds huge to me, but going on Dr Google it states that it is more likely a more accurate measurement than actual growth.
Anyone else have a big difference in size due to the method of screening?
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Yes - measurements are off. My first CT which found the aneurysm was 4.8, then another with contrast 4.5. Then an echo 4.5, then a CT w/o contrast (I had afib) 4.4. Then another CT w/contrast 4.6. The surgeon said let’s call it 4.6. I was just happy it wasn’t 4.8! Welcome to the club that nobody wants to be a part of. You’ll learn a lot here. Your anxiety will drop. Good luck.
Hello.....a Radiologist interpreted a recent CT of mine and said my TAA was at 4.9cm. My cardiologist remeasured and he showed 4.5cm. Size is relative to who's measuring. Needless to say, I'm getting a gated CT-A in a couple months for comparison.