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Increased Mortality In Patients With Stent Graft Implant

:54  |   Mar 28, 2008  |  Cardiology, Critical Care, Family Medicine, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Nurses/NP/PA, Public Health & Prevention, Surgery

According to the FDA, mortality was substantially higher in patients who had an AneuRx Stent Graft implanted to prevent abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture than in patients who had a surgical repair.

References and Resources
Updated Data on Mortality Associated with the Medtronic AneuRx

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