Texanbarbie
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I know this might sound crazy, but let me explain. I live in a small town with population of approx. 800. I use to drive to San Antonio for all my doctor visits but decided I didn’t want to deal with traffic, 2 hours driving, waiting time, etc so transferred all my medical records to a closer, but smaller town that has a hospital.
The MRAs that I had in San Antonio at an imaging center consistently showed the Sinus of Valsalva at 4.07 cm and the ascending aortic aneurysm at 4.2 cm with the chest CTs showing it at 4.4 cm.
Since I have been seeing the local cardiologist, he has been sending me to the hospital for MRAs. In 2013 their MRA showed nothing for the Sinus of Valsalva and the ascending at 4.1 cm which I had no problem with. In 2014, the MRA showed 4.07 at Sinus of Valsalva and NO measurement for the ascending aortic aneurysm. Incidentally, my cardiologist had told me I was good to go for another year - - no change, so was there another report that he was looking at?
Okay, so a couple of days ago right before my MRA I talked to the technologist who was doing the procedure and told her there was nothing noted on the last report about the ascending aortic aneurysm and also that the year before, the report indicated it was getting smaller and they just don’t get smaller. So she put a note to the radiologist to make sure and measure both areas for the report.
So I just got the report today and it showed the Sinus of Valsalva at 3.75 cm and the ascending aortic aneurysm at 3.5 cm. I could not believe it. When I looked at who the radiologist was, it was the same as the previous year who didn’t note the size of the ascending aortic aneurysm at all. It also states there is no interval change compared to the previous study.
I am so mad today and don’t know if the technologist wasn’t able to obtain good images or the radiologist just messed up or wasn’t thrilled with my comments about his previous report.
Thanks for letting me vent. I know these are just numbers and the aneurysm is fairly small, but I’m a stickler for accuracy. I’ll be talking to my cardiologist about going back to the San Antonio Imaging Center for my yearly MRAs but my appointment isn’t until the end of November. After seeing him I just might be switching cardiologists too.
The MRAs that I had in San Antonio at an imaging center consistently showed the Sinus of Valsalva at 4.07 cm and the ascending aortic aneurysm at 4.2 cm with the chest CTs showing it at 4.4 cm.
Since I have been seeing the local cardiologist, he has been sending me to the hospital for MRAs. In 2013 their MRA showed nothing for the Sinus of Valsalva and the ascending at 4.1 cm which I had no problem with. In 2014, the MRA showed 4.07 at Sinus of Valsalva and NO measurement for the ascending aortic aneurysm. Incidentally, my cardiologist had told me I was good to go for another year - - no change, so was there another report that he was looking at?
Okay, so a couple of days ago right before my MRA I talked to the technologist who was doing the procedure and told her there was nothing noted on the last report about the ascending aortic aneurysm and also that the year before, the report indicated it was getting smaller and they just don’t get smaller. So she put a note to the radiologist to make sure and measure both areas for the report.
So I just got the report today and it showed the Sinus of Valsalva at 3.75 cm and the ascending aortic aneurysm at 3.5 cm. I could not believe it. When I looked at who the radiologist was, it was the same as the previous year who didn’t note the size of the ascending aortic aneurysm at all. It also states there is no interval change compared to the previous study.
I am so mad today and don’t know if the technologist wasn’t able to obtain good images or the radiologist just messed up or wasn’t thrilled with my comments about his previous report.
Thanks for letting me vent. I know these are just numbers and the aneurysm is fairly small, but I’m a stickler for accuracy. I’ll be talking to my cardiologist about going back to the San Antonio Imaging Center for my yearly MRAs but my appointment isn’t until the end of November. After seeing him I just might be switching cardiologists too.