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[[Image:ERNER.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Autograph Album of Favorite Stock Car Drivers. Photo courtesy: Ray Grant]]ELMER ERNER. Erner's history in the automobile business in Dubuque included | [[Image:ERNER.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Autograph Album of Favorite Stock Car Drivers. Photo courtesy: Ray Grant]]ELMER ERNER. Erner's history in the automobile business in Dubuque included [[INTERSTATE FINANCE GARAGE]] (1938), [[ANTHONY AUTO SALES INC.]] (1950) and [[MIDWAY MOTORS]] at 18th and Elm. (1955) (1) | ||
In 2003 an aortic aneurysm threatened his life. Instead of opening his abdomen to repair the medical problem, cardiologist Dr. Karin Loukinen and cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Warren Gall performed the first local endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair procedure at [[MERCY MEDICAL CENTER]]. A tube-like structure called a stentgraft or endograft in the aneurysm through a catheter. The minimally invasive procedure took approximately two hours compared to the more than four hours required by the traditional procedure. (2) | In 2003 an aortic aneurysm threatened his life. Instead of opening his abdomen to repair the medical problem, cardiologist Dr. Karin Loukinen and cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Warren Gall performed the first local endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair procedure at [[MERCY MEDICAL CENTER]]. A tube-like structure called a stentgraft or endograft was inserted in the aneurysm through a catheter. The minimally invasive procedure took approximately two hours compared to the more than four hours required by the traditional procedure. (2) | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:48, 26 December 2024
ELMER ERNER. Erner's history in the automobile business in Dubuque included INTERSTATE FINANCE GARAGE (1938), ANTHONY AUTO SALES INC. (1950) and MIDWAY MOTORS at 18th and Elm. (1955) (1)
In 2003 an aortic aneurysm threatened his life. Instead of opening his abdomen to repair the medical problem, cardiologist Dr. Karin Loukinen and cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Warren Gall performed the first local endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair procedure at MERCY MEDICAL CENTER. A tube-like structure called a stentgraft or endograft was inserted in the aneurysm through a catheter. The minimally invasive procedure took approximately two hours compared to the more than four hours required by the traditional procedure. (2)
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1. "Yesterdays," Telegraph Herald, March 20, 2001, p. 22, advertisement, Telegraph Herald, December 25, 1955, p. 16, and advertisement, Telegraph-Herald, December 25, 1938, p. 46
2. Hogstrom, Erik, "Doctors Perform Less-Invasive Artery Operation," Telegraph Herald, February 24, 2003, p. 2