Word: aneurysm
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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...fine figure of a man. But for months he had had such severe pains in his back and belly that he had to be given opiates several times a day. Drs. Michael E. De Bakey and Denton A. Cooley found from X rays that the sheriff had a massive aneurysm of the descending aorta-an enlargement of the great artery which carries blood from the heart to the abdomi nal organs and the legs. The aneurysm, formed where the artery's walls had been weakened by disease, was so big (8 in. across) that it was pushing organs...
...unthinkable until a few years ago. Recently, however, with the setting up of artery banks, more and more daring surgical feats of this type have succeeded. In last week's A.M.A. Journal, the two Houston doctors reported on what they believe is the first successful operation on an aneurysm high in the chest...