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I had the exact kind of pain you’re describing before my Type A dissection. Mine struck...
ended up in emergency surgery with my ascending ... With a bicuspid valve and an aneurysm ... right away with a high-volume thoracic aortic ... any major center with a dedicated aortic
Discussion: Pain
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Dec 11, 2025
"The ascending aorta is typically about 5 to 8 centimeters (or close to 2 to 3...
"The ascending aorta is typically ... it exceeds 3.5 centimeters, and an aneurysm ... family history or prior history of aneurysms ... With your prior history of aneurysms ... a cardiologist who specializes in aortic
Do you know where the aneurysm is located? That makes a big difference, ascending or descending...
Do you know where the aneurysm is located ... That makes a big difference, ascending ... Abdominal aneurysms are the “easiest ... to treat since stents can be used, ascending ... a cardiologist who specializes in aortic
Discussion: Should I panic?
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Nov 10, 2025
Hard to tell without more information, your cardiologist will look at your body size, family history,...
size, family history, shape of the aneurysm ... studies to find other ways to repair ascending ... aortic aneurysms, open heart is currently
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Sep 2, 2025
My mother was one of three sisters. My mother and one sister died of a dissecting...
and one sister died of a dissecting aortic ... aneurysms. ... Mother also had an abdominal aneurysm ... was diagnosed at 68 with an enlarged ascending ... "no known genetic variant for aneurysm
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Jun 22, 2025
Q. what kind of surgery did you have and did you know that you had an...
I had my ascending aorta graph with ... who treats an enlarged aorta with an aneurysm ... An aortic dissection is the single most ... to tell me about the dangers of an aortic
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Jun 19, 2025
This is a very insightful post . Something I will definitaly keep in mind should I...
I was diagnosed with a 4.4 assending ... and a 4.2 dessending thoracic aortic ... aneurysm while getting a calcium scan
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Jun 15, 2025
@concern, I too have never smoked a cigarette or been married to a smoker. A 4.9...
A 4.9 cm ascending aorta aneurysm was ... My aneurysm is now 5.4. ... damage from the COVID so Cardiothoracic Aortic ... t know if it coincidental that the aneurysm ... deteriorating or if the COVID caused the aneurysm
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: May 29, 2025
What you’re going through is valid. But it’s also important to know why they wait to...
Surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm ... That threshold—5.5 cm for most ascending ... Because it’s possible your aneurysm ... with a Dacron graft replacing the ascending ... aorta and aortic arch.
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: May 28, 2025
After I survived a complete dissestion in 2015, I did have genetic testing done through the...
testing done through the John Ritter aortic ... more concerned about surviving an aortic ... when what could happen to you with an aneurysm ... records show that you have an 4.4 cm aneurysm ... on your ascending aorta, you're
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Apr 7, 2025
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
Sep 10 1. Resection aneurysm on right coronary artery 2. Ligate complex coronary fistula from right...
Resection aneurysm on right coronary ... However, Aortic root ruptured and ascending ... aorta split resulting in a ascending
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Feb 10, 2025
Dear James I agree with Pegsterb! Covid has nothing to do with it! 1-If your blood...
to keep it low as it may delay the aneurysms ... of your ascending aorta! ... recommended size in to consider operation of ascending ... 5.5cm It used to be 5cm If your aortic ... tricuspid; I would keep my own bicuspid aortic
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Feb 3, 2025
I can understand why you’re feeling frustrated. It’s a tough realization to come to, especially when...
increase stress on weakened areas like aneurysms ... pressure and thereby weakening the aortic ... or cardiologist who specializes in aneurysms ... I had a complete type, a one ascending ... aortic dissection in 2015 at the age
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Jan 12, 2025
Your doctor apparently believes you are in good physical shape and the open heart surgery is...
procedure done mostly for descending aortic ... aneurysms and not the best choice for ... an ascending aneurysm except when the