Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, December 23rd, 2007
It is estimated that approximately 4.5 million people in the developed word are living with an abdominal aortic aneurysm and each year 600,000 new cases are diagnosed.
Patients typically have no symptoms and, when they are diagnosed, they often undergo complex open surgical repair. Stent-graft therapy provides a minimally-invasive alternative, with reduced recovery times and potentially improved survival rates.
By the end of 2006 the global...
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