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Endovascular surgery

Illustration of endovascular surgery

In this procedure, your doctor inserts a long, thin tube (catheter) into an artery and threads it to the weakened section of your aorta. Your doctor inserts a catheter that has an artificial tube (stent graft) into the weakened section of your aorta and then expands the stent graft against the walls of the aorta.

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