Intermountain Health surgeons have achieved a medical milestone for Utah patients by successfully performing the state’s first procedure to repair a lesion or tear in the ascending aorta.
This novel procedure uses an investigational ascending stent graft device and endovascular repair, providing patients with new options without major open-heart surgery.
As part of a new national multi-center investigational clinical trial, Intermountain Health heart and vascular surgeons have successfully performed this procedure for the first time in Utah.
This novel investigational ascending stent graft device and endovascular repair for patients needing surgical intervention for lesions or tears of the ascending aorta was successfully performed recently by Intermountain Health heart and vascular surgeons for the first time in Utah, marking a new chapter for patients needing help.
Author summary: Utah's first less invasive aortic procedure performed.