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if proper screening occurred. My patient did not die, but he went to surgery and within hours a new lining to his aorta was provided. Now, something like 10 years later, he is still alive and joking with me.
• I saw him last week, and listened to the beating of his glorious, not hideous, heart.
• Dr. Rick Holm wrote this Prairie Doc Perspective for "On Call®," a weekly program where medical professionals discuss health concerns for the general public. "On Call®" is produced by the Healing Words Foundation in association with the South Dakota State University Journalism Department. "On Call®" airs Thursdays on South Dakota Public Broadcasting-Television at 7 p.m. Central, 6 p.m. Mountain. Visit us at OnCallTelevision.com.
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