56M, 5'11. I was scheduled for a aortic valve replacement due to a BAV and regurgitation in 5 days. In preparation, I had a CT scan done last week. The surgeon says my ascending aorta is mildly dilated at 4.1 cm. Yesterday, he recommended replacing it with a synthetic graph while he's in there replacing the aortic valve.
I don't know how fast it's been growing. It seems to have been stable since my original EEG in October 2025. This caught me a little by surprised as none of the other discussions with surgeons ever mentioned replacing the aorta. The complexity, risk, and length of surgery (cross-clamp times) are higher in doing both but may avoid a future surgery.
Has anyone had this same or similar issue? Did. you opt to have the ascending aorta replaced at the same time? Did any of you defer this?