New Delhi, June 3 -- In a high-stakes race against time, a specialist medical team led by Dr Prof. N.N. Khanna, Senior Consultant Cardiologist and North India Lead Consultant for Endovascular Services for the Apollo Group of Hospitals, has successfully performed a life-saving procedure on a patient with a leaking "hidden killer" spanning his chest and abdomen.

Aortic aneurysms, abnormal bulges in the wall of the body's main artery, are often silent and can go unnoticed until they become life-threatening. This was the case of a 66-year-old patient suffering from chronic kidney disease.

He initially sought help for a persistent cough and fever, symptoms that appeared routine but masked a terrifying reality.

Advanced imaging revealed a th...