question about these CT and echostress scan results
Hello,
So I recently got a CT scan to rule out some former smoker stuff for my lungs and good news is the lungs are decent. i did however get some findings on both coronary artery atherosclerosis and ascending aorta dilation of 4.5. Here are the findings:
"Aorta: Dilation ascending aorta to 4.5 cm, with gradual taperingacross aortic arch. Descending aorta 3.7 cm diameter.
Mediastinum: Slight GE junction hiatus herniation into inferiormediastinum.
Moderately enlarged heart, enlargement especially of left ventricle. No pericardial effusion.
Coronary calcifications: Marked, LAD, left circumflex, right.
Other extrapulmonary findings:
Several coarse atherosclerotic calcifications of visualized upper
abdomen.
33 mm exophytic upper pole right renal cyst.
Impresssion:
Moderate to severe coronary artery atherosclerosis
Ascending thorasic aorta aneurysm up to 4.5cm"
Im 59, 6ft tall and 215 lbs. Should i be more worried about the Aorta or the heart disease?. They both have freaked me out.
I have met with cardiologistand have increased my statins to 40mg and now have cholesterol under control to about 80. My echo stress test claimed i have a functional heart of a 40 year old. and put the aorta at 4.0 CM ( which is a pretty decent deviation from what the CT scan showed. also stated "LV EF is 60% , assesed by visual estimation"
I also have sinus bradycardia which i am pretty sure i knew my heart rate was low.
Should i just check once a year and get on with it ? or are these things somethign to truly stress about?
Thank you.