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The local cardiologist said my LAD etc were fine based on a nuclear perfusion test, but...
told me just thought maybe it was the aortic ... The aortic aneurysm was 4.4 to 4.7 at ... machine restarted my heart, but the aortic ... started to bleed and ruptured and the ascending ... , there was a small section of the ascending
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Apr 18 8:53am
You had three, I’m not a Dr but that sounds like propensity. I had 2 one...
I had 2 one in my brain one ascending ... aortic, both repaired. ... family, so my cardiologist who is an aneurysm ... expert orders full aortic scans every ... 4-5 years to ensure no other aneurysms
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Mar 25 1:59pm
I am 60 and I survived an ascending aortic dissection 10 years ago. It was a...
I am 60 and I survived an ascending ... aortic dissection 10 years ago. ... major surgical center with the right aortic ... benefit of knowing that you have an aneurysm
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: May 8 12:33pm
Not only would I get a second opinion, I would fire this doctor. Sounds like guidelines...
had several things going on and the aortic ... root and ascending aorta aneurysms ... surgery resect a right coronary artery aneurysm ... replace the root, valve and most of the ascending
Just to add to @Moonboy comments, the aorta leaves the heart “ascending” and then bends down...
comments, the aorta leaves the heart “ascending ... “ towards the abdomen, descending aneurysms ... have more options for repairs than ascending ... said, find a cardiologist who is an aortic ... ever need surgery, again abdominal aneurysms
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: May 14 12:09pm
I also had genetic testing done after they found a 5.2 cm ascending AA at 54...
testing done after they found a 5.2 cm ascending ... I also had had a brain aneurysm and ... my case my cardiologist who is an aortic ... I had both of my aneurysms repaired, ... find, and a cardiologist who is an aortic
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Apr 7 5:47pm
I am a 5'10", 165# female with a 4.0 ascending aortic anuerysm. I have normal blood...
#39;10", 165# female with a 4.0 ascending ... aortic anuerysm. ... There was no anuerysm then, SO, did
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Apr 7 5:27pm
Hey there. So take a deep breath—you’re doing the right thing by asking questions and seeking...
A 4.0 cm aneurysm of the aortic root ... typical surgical threshold for the aortic ... root or ascending aorta. ... Marfan, Loeys-Dietz, or a bicuspid aortic ... root aneurysms benefit from them.
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Mar 25 7:15pm
Hey, I hear you—and I really get it. I had my own emergency open-heart surgery nearly...
years ago for a dissected thoracic aortic ... aneurysm. ... A 5.5 cm thoracic aortic aneurysm is ... for surgery is often 5.5 cm for the ascending ... Aneurysms often develop silently and
This thread and this group is about aortic aneurysms. Only about 10 people in 100,000 have...
This thread and this group is about aortic ... aneurysms. ... aneurysm. ... The Echo found the 3.7 to 4.4 ascending ... aortic and root aneurysm and in May
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Apr 22 2:28pm
Yes it was open heart, for ascending (thoracic) aortic aneurysms, it is currently the only effective...
Yes it was open heart, for ascending ... (thoracic) aortic aneurysms, it is ... It involves replacing the aneurysm section
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Mar 31 12:47pm
My interest in genetic testing is for 2 reasons. Even though I have an Edwards 27mm...
conduit, I have a small section of ascending ... aorta between it and my aortic arch ... that is at leat 4.4 and aneurysmal ... 4.8 cm, but it was fragile and my ascending ... surgery for a RCA resection for a large aneurysm
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Apr 8 7:26am
I’m not a doctor, but I am a fellow patient who survived a catastrophic Type A...
who survived a catastrophic Type A aortic ... living with a surgically repaired ascending ... So here’s the deal: a 3.5 cm ascending ... means there’s mild dilation—not an aneurysm
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: May 5 2:38pm
This is what upsets me. I had a brain aneurysm that they told me was a...
I had a brain aneurysm that they told ... a few months later they found the aneurysm ... I now have an aneurism in my ascending ... aortic area. 4.1. ... what is really going on with these aneurysms