Customized device tailored to patient’s individual anatomy now used to repair abdominal aortic aneurysm without surgery
Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
An abdominal aortic aneurysm -- a bulge in the large artery that carries blood away from the heart -- can be immediately life-threatening if it grows large enough to rupture. The chance of survival when it ruptures is less than 10 percent. Many who find out they have that risk are able to have a minimally invasive repair. But up to 30 percent instead face a major open operation because of the location of the aneurysm. This new customized graft allows them, too, to have a quick recovery.