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Vascular surgeons at Monmouth Medical Center
are performing a new, minimally invasive
procedure to repair abdominal aortic aneurysms,
giving hope to patients who were considered
too sick to undergo conventional surgery.
Aneurysms are most common in men over age
50, especially those with hypertension, heart
disease or a family history of the condition.
An aortic aneurysm is a bulge that forms
in a weak spot of the aorta, the body's largest
blood vessel, and this new procedure to repair
it, called endovascular stent grafting, is
less traumatic and shortens the patient's
recovery time. It has proven highly successful
in the treatment of people with abdominal
aortic aneurysms who are poor surgical candidates
due to existing cardiovascular or other complex
conditions....more
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