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3 unusual facts about Vascular Surgery


Eagle score

Eagle score is a five point scoring system, used mainly for vascular patients, and allows for an accurate estimate of a patient's risk of dying during heart surgery.

The Medical Center of Aurora

Specialties for which The Medical Center of Aurora is best known locally and nationally include heart and vascular care, surgical services, women’s services, cancer services, and neurosciences, including spine, brain and stroke care.

Vascular surgery

Early leaders of the field included Russian surgeon Nikolai Korotkov, noted for developing early surgical techniques, American interventional radiologist Charles Theodore Dotter who is credited with inventing minimally invasive angioplasty, and Australian Robert Paton, who helped the field achieve recognition as a specialty.



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Ezra Rachlin

Rachlin died in London following vascular surgery, and is buried at the Golders Green Jewish Cemetery.