I am a 40 year old man in excellent physical condition. I was diagnosed with Aortic Stenosis as a young child and kept track of throughout my youth. I have enjoyed a very active lifestyle in both my career and personal life and have never had any health issues that were apparent with regard to getting on my bicyle to race or train for 1-8 hours or getting to work for a nice day or five of stress and nail biting.
I recently visited an ENT to discuss some discomfort and pressure in my right ear. I was diagnosed with Minnears Disease and sent for an MRI. As a result of the MRI and concern over my corotid artery symptomes I was refered to a Cardiologist. My Echo was done and the doctor was on the phone with me 2 hours later working to schedule an MRI. He let me know that I had an enlarged aortic root and that I should lay off of the strenuous excercise for the until the MRI results came back and were analyzed.
I naturally became concerned while researching the condition and called the cardiologis back to ask about he exact diameter recording from the Echo. He was gone for the day, but the M.A. looked into my file and gave me a number that is stressing me out more than a nice Hammer Session on my bicycle in NYC traffic! (5.7CM)
I apologize for not having all the detail that others have but this all came down on me today. I am looking for some detail that I can research and get a good analytic grasp of my situation. At this point I am wondering how to discuss this with my wife and while my 20 month old son is bouncing on my knee. (sorry for the DRAMA)
Any help is much appreciated!
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