I had a CT Scan of my chest two evenings ago. The hospital/doctor did not look at the result until this a.m. and I received a call at noon from his nurse. How urgent is this? She said he looked at the scan and I have a dilated aneurysm thoracic aorta. Is this something urgent? I do have a pace maker and called the bigger city, Appleton Heart Institute in Appleton, Wisconsin and I have an appt. with a nurse practitioner next Tuesday, Aug. 8 at 1 p.m. I could not see my cardiologist until 3 weeks, so, I agreed to go to the nurse practitioner in the same building. Qt. Is surgery in the very near future to repair this? Is it dangerous? Could it burst at anytime? Thank You. Mary Jane YYYY@YYYY