Aortic root surgery is a procedure to treat an enlarged section (aneurysm) of the aorta.
The aorta is the large blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body. The aortic root is located near where the aorta and the heart connect.
Aortic root aneurysm is a dilated aortic root is when the first section of the aorta, where the aortic valve resides, becomes enlarged. When this enlargement reaches a critical size, there is a risk of it rupturing or tearing, leading to a life-threatening situation. Where
you need a treatment because of bicuspid valve disease, an aortic root procedure is usually considered necessary if the root diameter is enlarged to 4 cm or greater. 2) If the valve is functioning well, surgical intervention is not considered until the diameter of the aorta exceeds 5cm.
Evaluation usually begins with a CT scan or MRI, during which the surgeon carefully checks to see which type of repair may be best. Some patients benefit most from repair using a stent, others need traditional open surgery, and still others benefit from hybrid procedures that blend open repair with the use of stent grafts.
If an aneurysm is very small, it may not require surgery initially. In fact, most patients who are evaluated for aneurysms do not need surgery. Diagnosis of an aneurysm is a frightening thing to many patients, but in the majority of cases, it is a dilated aorta that can be monitored with CT scans, and will not worsen to a point that requires surgery.
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