FORT WORTH, Texas — Some small changes in some very small medical technology may bring big progress against an often sudden and deadly medical emergency, and it’s already proved its worth for one patient in North Texas.

What You Need To Know • According to Stroke.org, about 30,000 Americans suffer from a ruptured aneurysm every year • According to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, a ruptured aneurysm is fatal about 50% of the time, with 15% of patients not even making it to the hospital alive • Brian Abalos’ ruptured aneurysm occurred at the same time as Texas Health Fort Worth became the first hospital in North Texas to offer the latest generation of a mesh surgical implant used in the process of flow diversion

On an otherwise normal day earlier this year, Brian Abalos thought he’d a

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