I'm exhausted. I'm stressed. I already had anxiety and panic attacks, and now I have been diagnosed with something that will hang over me for a while; a watch and wait illness. I am frazzled. Does it...
Got an an old echo from 4 years ago. Apparently I had a dilated Aortic Root then as well! 4 years ago it was 4.1 cm. So, not much change unless one or the other echo was off a bit. Very relieved...
The only detected a trace mitral valve regurgitation and a mild tricuspid regurgitation. I was told that both of those are pretty normal. Everything else looked fine except this odd aortic root size....
Thanks all! I've been doing a lot of reading and it appears there a few options that could possibly reduce the progression. I'm sure my doc won't take them seriously since the studies on them are...
Was just diagnosed with a dilated Aortic root of 4.2 cm via an echo cardiogram. I am 45 with low to normal blood pressure. all other aspects of the echo were good. I do have celiac sprue and...