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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Science and Technology (SCTIMST) performed a rare procedure on Wednesday as it carried out an aortic dissection without surgery. It was the Interventional Radiology Department of the institute which successfully treated the ‘tear’ in the large blood vessel branching off the heart. The institute claimed the said treatment was a first of its kind in the country. It was performed on a 57-year-old Tamil Nadu native who was admitted with chest pain. Treatment was done by Dr Jayadevan, Dr Santhosh Kumar, Dr Anoop, Dr Jineesh (Intervention Radiology Department), Dr Sivaneshan, Dr Harishankar (Vascular Surgery Department) and Dr Prasanth Kumar Das (Anaesthesia Department)..