UW Hospital offers new treatment for deadly brain aneurysms

When doctors scanned Susan Baker Kiconas' brain to see how a rare disease was destroying her vision, they found another problem: a large aneurysm, or blood vessel bulge. At UW Hospital last week, she got a new device that patches weakened arteries and cuts off blood flow to large aneurysms, greatly reducing the risk of rupture. UW Hospital is the first place in Wisconsin to offer the procedure, approved by the government in April. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 7/22)