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my elder brother has heart problem.

one doctor says that there will be open heart surgery otherwise no option to recover. please tell me that either this can be  cured only by madicines or not?

Echo results are as:
Aortic Root result 65mm normal range is 20 to 40
LVISD result 15mm normal range is 8 to 12
All other results are normal
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11548417 tn?1506080564
His doctor is right.
An aortic root diameter of 65mm is very large and there is a high risk of rupture if this is not repaired with surgery.
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