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yesterday I received a call from my dortor's office to tell me that the results from my echo show that I have a slightly enlarged left aorta. My question to you is should I be concerned about this or is this common?
Perhaps they're more concerned about the blockages. They may not be equipped to do stents there or they may be considering a bypass and would rather have him at a larger hospital.
Sorry, I don't know the norms for aortas and when being enlarged is too large. It must vary according to the general size of the person too.
Sorry, I don't know the norms for aortas and when being enlarged is too large. It must vary according to the general size of the person too.
One week ago tomorrow my fit and healthy 39 yr old husband had a heart attack. A fairly mild one, but none the less. Following 48 hours in intensive care they began to do a barage of test on him.
He has a couple of blocked archeries, and an enlarged aorta. He has never had high blood pressure or cholesterol and as I said is fairly fit and healthy. We live abroad so all my Dr info is in Turkish. My Turkish is quite good, but I did not need to know medical terms until last Sunday!! I have not been given the measurement, something I now know I need, having spent about 3 hours reading this forum.
He was moved back in to intensive care last night, following more chest pain, and they are talking about sending him by plane to Turkey in 2 days time, we are based in Norhern Cyprus. From the sound of this forum an enlarged aorta is not that life threatening, unless it is bigger than 5.0 cm.
What does this urgent transfer imply????
Anyone.
He has a couple of blocked archeries, and an enlarged aorta. He has never had high blood pressure or cholesterol and as I said is fairly fit and healthy. We live abroad so all my Dr info is in Turkish. My Turkish is quite good, but I did not need to know medical terms until last Sunday!! I have not been given the measurement, something I now know I need, having spent about 3 hours reading this forum.
He was moved back in to intensive care last night, following more chest pain, and they are talking about sending him by plane to Turkey in 2 days time, we are based in Norhern Cyprus. From the sound of this forum an enlarged aorta is not that life threatening, unless it is bigger than 5.0 cm.
What does this urgent transfer imply????
Anyone.
Your LVOT (left ventricle outflow tract or aorta) is the site of interest...reading between the lines. The normal range is 2.0 - 2.2 cm and if enlarged it could advance to an aneursym (meaning the tract wall is impaired/weak at the specific location of the aneurysm and if not corrected it could burst) worst case scenario. Do you have your echo report?
Also, the reference could be to the left ventricle aorta valve. If that is enlarged, and if serious, that could/would reduce the heart's output of blood into circulation. The cause would be the valve doesn't close properly or the orifice is enlarged and blood flows back into the left ventricle rather than out into the system. If mildly enlrged is not medically significant.
Also, the reference could be to the left ventricle aorta valve. If that is enlarged, and if serious, that could/would reduce the heart's output of blood into circulation. The cause would be the valve doesn't close properly or the orifice is enlarged and blood flows back into the left ventricle rather than out into the system. If mildly enlrged is not medically significant.
Well, the aorta does rise out of the left ventricle. And there is a thing called aortitis, an inflammation of the aorta. Mostly I've heard of stenosis. No reason it can't go the other way I suppose.
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