Aortic Aneurysm

[George K]

That's the abdominal aorta. It should be about an inch in diameter, maybe an inch and a quarter.

Medicare wants us geezers to get an ultrasound of our abdominal aorta just to be safe.

My results:

MEASUREMENTS:
Proximal abdominal aorta height: 2.8 cm
Proximal abdominal aorta width: 2.7 cm

Mid abdominal aorta height: 2.1 cm
Mid abdominal aorta width: 2.2 cm

Distal abdominal aorta height: 1.9 cm
Distal abdominal aorta width: 1.9 cm

[Mik]

Jeezel.

[Jolly]

Ok, how would they fix that?

[jon-nyc]

@Jolly Throw it in the dryer on high heat, shrink it down a bit.

[Klaus]

@Jolly said in Aortic Aneurysm:

Ok, how would they fix that?

Everything can be fixed with duct tape or WD40.

[George K]

@Jolly said in Aortic Aneurysm:

Ok, how would they fix that?

That would require an aorta-biiliac graft.

Clamp the aorta above the aneurysm (hopefully it's below the renal arteries and SMA), clamp each iliac artery, open up the AAA and sew in a bifurcated graft.

Easy peasy.