Yesterday, I received a call from the cardiology clinic. Anesthesiology had contacted them to obtain a clearance for that upcoming, not yet scheduled, surgery.
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Echocardiogram
26 MayI had a transthoracic echocardiogram on Monday 20-May, as a followup to my cardiac diagnostics. They wanted to check on that enlargement of the ascending aorta, as well as the aortic valve calcification. Short story: Everything is stable.
Continue readingCT Angiogram
30 DecI woke up early on Friday to get ready and go to an appointment for a CT Angiogram. I had slept poorly that night, so I was up really early. I’m not normally a morning person, but I was anxious about this test. Not the test itself, really, but what the results might show.
Continue readingResults of Cardiac CT
13 DecI spoke to my cardiologist a little while ago about the results of my cardiac CT on Monday. He’s concerned mostly, as far as those results, about enlargement of the aortic artery, and also some fairly significant calcification (stenosis) of the aortic valve. He has ordered an additional test regarding those conditions.
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