Aortic dilation." Isn't that a more patient-friendly name for a baby aneurysm? My details are sketchy as I just learned of the findings of an "incidental" echocardiogram from my internist over the phone. We were looking to rule out something else and instead found this. OMG! Tick-tock! Internist said: "It could take years to become a problem or months." Should I feel better for that clarificaition. Internist said: Go see a cardiologist who will likely repeat the echocardiogram and add on stress tests, a CT and more to establish a base line. I feel as though I've just been delivered a very unpredictable time bomb. Am I over-reacting. My grandmother died of a sudden, massive heart attack. My mother died of CHF. My brother died at 69 of a sudden heart attack and his son died at 58 of a sudden heart attack. I am just 70, thin, in great physical shape with only low thyroid, arthritis and bad eyesight as issues. My blood pressure does get very high but only once in a while and I have "high LD cholesterol" but the over-arching cholesterol findings are good. Any advice?
Aortic Dilation
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