Hi Judye,
Being diagnosed with an ascending aorta dilation is a scary diagnosis, earlier this year I was diagnosed with the same (4.5). Since then I have been monitored and had various tests.
Try to keep calm, it is essential to keep blood pressure as low as possible to relieve stress on the dilation. Your cardiologist will suggest BP reducing medicine to help.
A dilation of 4.2 is considered low risk, much lower than risks of surgery that's why your cardiologist is not suggesting surgery at this time.
Usually surgery isn't recommended until 5.0, so it maybe many years before that becomes necessary, do all the things you like doing and ever wanted to do and enjoy each day.
Take care
Darren.
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Darren Tebbitt
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-13-2021 22:13
From: Judye Conner
Subject: Ascending aorta
Hi
I'm Judye. I was recently diagnosed with a 4.2 prominent ascending aorta. Of course I was terrified and didn't know what questions to ask at the time. My cardiologist said he would follow up with another CT in a year and I shouldn't worry. How can you not worry about a diagnosis like that. I had my Echo yesterday and will see the cardiologist on Nov. 9th for results from it.
I plan to ask him if I should see a thoracic surgeon, if there is a hospital in California that has a excellent record doing this type of surgery and should I do elective surgery or wait. I feel like this is a ticking time bomb. I'm a newbe so I would appreciate advice from anyone, especially where to have the surgery and if I'm asking the right questions.
Judye Conner
Las Vegas, Nv
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Judye Conner
Retired PE Teacher
Las Vegas NV
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