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my vascular surgeon says my chances are 50-50 whether to have surgery
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If you are in good health otherwise, you should consider contacting one of the major academic centers - 37 of them. A new endovascular graft is available. This means not having open heart surgery but having a more “gentle” procedure.
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Don't forget that Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic aren't "academic centers" but are better than the academic centers in this area. In Florida, I consider Mayo 1st by a lot followed by Shands/UF in Gainseville a distant second followed by Tampa General and two others tied for 3rd. That said, each state or region is a little different. My point is that just because it may be an academic center doesn't make it a volume center in this area of expertise.