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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Set on survival


Greenwich resident Bob Christiansen survived a rare aortic rupture more than a year ago after undergoing surgery at Bridgeport Hospital. If a patient with an aortic rupture does not receive surgery within several hours, there is an 85 percent to 95 percent chance they will die, according Yale University’s School of Medicine.
(Andrew Sullivan/Staff photo)

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/scn-sa-aortic1dec07,0,4500999.story?coll=stam-top-headlines