Aortic Dissection

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2002, Eddie, my African American husband had been told he has hypertension He was and still is a 2 pack a day smoker. Nov. 23, 2002 daughter finds him on the floor, body shuting down, admitted to ICU next day surgery. He had a split in his aorta a foot long, chances of survival after surgery, 5% without, none. After surgery,(he had a repair done, they did not put in a stent, just a graft!) in medically induced coma, everytime he would withdraw, he had strokes about 7 of them that left him blind...Read the full article