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From next year, patients suffering from artery problems will be offered stents specifically shaped to their arteries. Stents are re-enforcing devices used to support damaged blood vessels.

Locals undergoing surgery to treat weaknesses in their largest artery, the wall of the aorta, will be treated with stents shaped especially for their aortas, industry insiders said ahead of an international conference on cardiovascular treatment in the city, which begins tomorrow and runs through to Saturday .