Our client, a healthy Orthopaedic Surgeon had a history of high blood pressure when they attended their Preventicum assessment.

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During their ultrasound scans, a 7cm abdominal aortic aneurysm (ballooning of the major artery running down the centre of the abdomen) was observed which had a high risk of rupturing.

Our client’s Preventicum Doctor immediately referred him to see a Consultant Vascular Surgeon, who performed an urgent repair to the aneurysm through the main artery of his leg. Normally, large aortic aneurysms remain undetected with sudden death being the first symptom. We are delighted that five years on, they are doing very well, having made a good recovery with follow-up monitoring revealing the aneurysm to be fully repaired.

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