"I believe, had I not known about it or not acted upon it, five years down the road I would have been leaving my wife and five kids without a father,” Michael Marcoux said.
Dr. Jason Shofnos, director of cardiovascular surgery at HCA HealthONE in Denver, said Marcoux’s aorta measured near 4.8 centimeters on imaging and was about 5 centimeters when measured in the operating room. A normal aorta in that area is roughly 3 centimeters.
Learn more about Dr. Shofnos and the team at HCA HealthONE Cardiac and Thoracic Surgical Specialists