Using 3D printing to customize heart aneurysm surgery: Aortica nabs $7M, new CEO
Aneurysms are most notorious when they occur in the brain, but these balloon-like arterial bulges are highly deadly in the heart as well. These swellings slowly expand over time, asymptomatically, until they burst and cause severe internal bleeding. According to the CDC, aneurysms of directly caused nearly 11,000 deaths in the U.S. in 2009 – mostly in men more than […]