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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. The balloon-like weakening of her artery could have burst at any time, which is often deadly. But unlike most smaller aneurysms, it couldn?t easily be treated.