My aortic root aneurysm was 4.1 cm during aortic valve replacement surgery. The surgeon did not intervene in the aneurysm, I console myself that cardiovascular surgeons know better.
This is a very relative issue. Some surgeons talk about a limit of 5 cm or even 5.5 cm for aortic aneurysm surgery.
You are right at this point, but do not forget that there is also the possibility that your existing aortic aneurysm may not progress after mechanical aortic valve replacement surgery. No one can predict that. As in my case, my aneurysm was 4.1 cm when my valve was replaced. I thought like you and asked my surgeon why you did not intervene in my aneurysm during the same operation.
I understand why you'd feel that way. I wonder what the "issue" is with the repair that they don't want to fix it in those circumstances ...
I remember Ross, nice bloke. He'd left "here" by that time and I met him "over there". IIRC he survived that event and it was a GI bleed that got him in the end.
His dissection was in 1994 so long before he was here. He had the Bentall procedure then. His valve was damaged, so he had a valve repair. It was replaced in 2001, which is what brought him here.
So this is fixable at the right centre with the right surgeon? I don't know risk it carries for someone who already had an OHS but I'm hoping it doesn't reach the point where it is required since my first time recovery was almost 6 months for me given I had a very delayed surgery. Don't wanna go through the entire ordeal once again. Hoping the Metoprolol and losartain does it's jobs and keeps it from growing anymore.
They haven't checked in since shortly after the funeral. Hard to believe it's been almost 11 years. I noticed that he still has the most posts on this site by far. If memory serves me right, it's been about 15 years since he left.
I wonder the same thing!
I've once seen an article in a newspaper quoting a researcher in a Queensland (Brisbane) hospital express the opinion that replacing the aorta with a tube conferred two negatives:
