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Neurosurgeon finishes surgery while having a heart attack

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   March 26, 2009

An Italian doctor completed a brain operation despite having a heart attack after realizing his patient would never recover if he stopped the surgery. Surgeon Claudio Vitale started feeling pains in his chest half way through the operation but refused to stop despite his team's urging and the pain worsening. After finishing the surgery, the doctor had an angioplasty operation to treat his attack.

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