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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, June 11, 1993                   TAG: 9306110245
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BOSTON                                LENGTH: Short

DOCTORS REPLACE AORTA IN HISTORIC OPERATION

Surgeons at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass., have for the first time replaced a patient's entire aorta - the largest and most crucial blood vessel in the body - in a single procedure.

The aorta is the main conduit of blood pumped by the heart. Until now, surgeons had considered it too risky to replace all at once.

A 67-year-old patient who underwent the operation four weeks ago to replace a dangerously enlarged aorta was reported to be doing well Thursday.

- The Boston Globe 


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