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...Lillehei at the University of Minnesota, a local celebrity on the order of Dr. Albert Schweitzer. The operations were enormously expensive, the survival rate around 50%, and Minnesota has always had plenty of finger waggers to remind you that all that money spent to repair that fat man's aorta could have bought nourishing breakfasts for X number of orphans. But Doc Lillehei was surrounded with innocent kids with congenital heart defects, and nobody said...
RECOVERING. BOB DOLE, 77, the 1996 Republican presidential candidate turned Viagra pitchman; from surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm; in Cleveland, Ohio. In an experimental procedure, Dole's surgical team inserted a permanent stent into his aorta...
Doctors are already exploring ways to make bypass operations easier on the brain. Some surgeons, for example, try to minimize the risk of shaking loose a clot by scanning the aorta with ultrasound for plaque-free regions at which to attach the heart-lung machine. Another option being tested in the U.S. is to stick a filter into the aorta to catch any wayward debris...
...form of noninvasive, "black blood" magnetic-resonance-imaging technique allows doctors to detect problem spots in carotid arteries, the aorta and coronary arteries before patients develop symptoms of atherosclerosis or stroke. The high-resolution MRI blacks out blood flow, offering doctors a clear view of the blood vessels and allowing them to precisely measure the thickness of their walls. Though the black-blood technique still needs improvement, doctors hope the technology will eventually identify those at risk of heart attack long before they have...
...form of noninvasive "black blood" magnetic-resonance-imaging technique allows doctors to detect problem spots in carotid arteries, the aorta and coronary arteries before patients develop symptoms of atherosclerosis or stroke. The high-resolution MRI blacks out blood flow, offering doctors a clear view of the blood vessels and allowing them to precisely measure the thickness of their walls. Though the black-blood technique still needs improvement, doctors hope the technology will eventually identify those at risk of heart attack long before they have...