Newer device gives surgeons flexibility in repairing abdominal aortic aneurysms

About 200,000 new cases of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are diagnosed annually in the U.S., and 1.5 million people are living with abdominal aortic aneurysms. Tragically, around 15,000 people die annually from a ruptured AAA, many of them having never been diagnosed in the first place. Finding them early and keeping them from rupturing is critical. A new clinical trial starting at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville in December [2016] [...]