ExoVasc® PEARS

Australian news reports on world first surgery on a pregnant patient

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The Brisbane-based Courier-Mail carries a three page article describing how a patient with Marfan syndrome became the first to undergo repair to her dilated aortic root during pregnancy. The ability to perform PEARS surgery without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass reduced the risk to her unborn child. Five months later the patient gave birth to her healthy daughter.

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