Slightly enlarged aorta...

[FullM3lt]

Slightly enlarged aortic valve (false alarm!)

EDIT: OK apparently it was my aortic valve...not my aorta :dance: Had to call the doc to make sure but everything is ok...just slightly above normal. Normal is apparently 3.0cm2-4.0cm2 and mine is 4.2cm2, it's only bad when it gets wayyy too large or way too small (aortic stenosis)

 

[D Bergy]

I don't know a lot about this, but if it is classified as an Aneurysm then I think you were smart to get it checked sooner than two years.

It seems like it would be one of those things you just have to keep an eye on to make sure it does not get too much larger.

Not the best news to get, but I think it is better to know in case it gets worse.

Dan

 

[FullM3lt]

OKAY guys sorry for the false alarm but I called the doctor and he said aortic valve, not aorta! Apparently a normal aortic valve is 3.0cm2-4.0cm2. Mine is 4.2cm2.

Wooo.....I was worried for a quick minute there. My heart is fine! :dance::dance::dance::dance:

 

[D Bergy]

So basically you have a larger valve than average. Not sure if I should reword that or not. Anyway, that is good news. Does not sound like anything to worry about.

Whew.

Dan

 

[FullM3lt]

So basically you have a larger valve than average. Not sure if I should reword that or not. Anyway, that is good news. Does not sound like anything to worry about.

Whew.

Dan

Yup, just a bit above average. Explains why my doctor wasn't concerned and gave me the all clear to start exercising again.

He was in and out of the room really quick so I just heard "enlarged aorta" but apparently he said slightly enlarged aortic valve. I called the clinic up to clarify because if it was my aorta....4.2 cm would be rather large. Since he said it's my valve, it's really nothing to worry about. I remember the lady doing my echo saying that my aortic valve looked great...

Now I know for sure that the chest pain is costochondritis and costochondritis only! :dance:

 

[zeeshan]

PW Doppler has been reported to have a sensitivity ranging between 86% and 100% for the detection of aortic regurgitation. PW Doppler examinations for this lesion are best begun using the apical two-or four-chamber two-dimensional views for operator guidance. Figure 2.10 demonstrates a PW Doppler recording from just at the coaptation point of the aortic valve in a normal patient when the transducer was placed at the ventricular apex. Note that some low frequency diastolic sounds are normally encountered, which likely result from blood swirling through the mitral orifice and around the left ventricular outflow tract. The novice should not mistake these low velocity events for evidence of aortic insufficiency.:yfaint::cool2: