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Who was the first person to discover aortic aneurysms?
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Vesalius: Well not sure he was the first but andreas vesalius gave one of the first descriptions of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the 1500's.
Answered 3/14/2013
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Sir Astley Cooper: Sir astley cooper in 1817 was the first one to ligate aortic bifurcation in a patient with ruptured iliac artery aneurysm. He was a student of john hunter. The patient died soon after surgery.
Answered 6/20/2015
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