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Radiologic report

by ben263, Aug 12, 2009 06:10PM
My recent radiologic reports says that "Heart is normal in size" but "Aorta is tortous and calcified" What does this mean?. Addditional findings are "There are no active parenchymal infiltrates, Diaphram is unremarkable. By the way, I had my double pass heart surgery 3-1/2 years ago.
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by EchoTech, Aug 12, 2009 11:24PM
To: ben263
I am not a doctor.

It means that your aorta instead of going as a straight tube goes as a wavy tube with some bends in it.  It is a variant of normal and there isn't anything you can do to fix it anyways.  Calcified means your have arterial plaque that has hardened and when viewed, it looks like a bright spot on the pictures.  the rest of it basically says "normal."
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