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by eecc 2580 days ago
About 30 years ago, my grandma had her entire aortic arch and then some more of the aorta itself replaced in a daring procedure. (I guess one can still call it as such today).

Notably, her body was cooled down significantly to reduce her metabolic rate down to nothing.

She survived several years, although she never quite recovered fully after that...