Rose's Posts

I saw my cardiologist today for a follow up visit. He said the valve sounds great and said that it should last 6-11 more years (an estimate, of course). I'm already at 9 years! He was not concerned with the new ascending aortic aneurysm because of its size of 3.2 cm and said we should check it every 2 years with a CT scan. Other echo concerns were minimal and said a lot can be a result of the person doing the echo. This is something I've heard before. I still have a lot of PACs but when he raised my Metoprolol to 50 mg,.it caused my already low resting heartbeat to go down to the high 40's so we reduced the Metoprolol to 25 mg again unless I feel the PACs increasing in which case, I should resume 50 mg. All and all, I'm very happy with the visit I always feel better after talking with him and so thankful he's my doctor. He will be retiring next year but he will help me transfer to another doctor.

When I had my OHS nine years ago, I had an ascending aortic aneurysm repaired with a Dacron sleeve. A recent echo shows that I have a 4.2 cm aneurysm on the ascending aorta but it doesn't mention if this is a new one or a failed repair. I've read that it's quite rare for this to occur. I realize it is small at 4.2 cm and hope we can watch it. I don't see my cardiologist until September and his lack of comment on it on My Chart leads me to believe it's nothing to worry about. Has anyone had this or does anyone have any comments for me?