Question 1

if i smoke and have copd, could i die during my bypass surgery?

Accepted Answer

Bypass surgery: Your cardiothoracic surgeon needs to review with you your specific risks heading into surgery. Smoking and COPD are additional risk factors for recovery post-operatively. Your surgeon will make sure that a pulmonologist will follow with him once the surgery is completed. You should be making plans to cease smoking forever given your need for bypass surgery.

Question 2

my friend has had a triple heart bypass. is he ok to smoke cannabis without major risk?

Accepted Answer

CABG: Not really, smoking anything is toxic, cannabis adds another toxin.

Question 3

how long dose a quad bypass last i had one 10 years ago not smoked for 11 years been diabetic 15 below knee amputee 2 years.

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Mammary?: Most people would say 10-15 years but some mammary bypasses have long surpassed that. If you have been active, not smoked and managed your blood pressure and diet reasonably well your body may have grown collateral circulation as well to protect the hearts bloid supply even if the bypasses fail over time. Have to see cardiologist regularly and dont ignore symptoms

Question 4

what is the range for a life expectancy for a client who exercises 6x a week cardio (90 minutes) who never smoked, he is 6ft1 and 220 lbs , non diabetic with a quad bypass. he has a heart with an infraction rate of 35 from 17% the heart is extensive with

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The right path...: Looks like you are doing a lot right having improved your ejection fraction and exercising regularly.  I have had patients live long and strong after bypass because they ate right (Mediterranean), exercised, slept well, had strategies for stress-relief (meditation has studies behind it) and good relationships. Ask this ? of your cardiologist but I think they will agree...

Question 5

smoking cigaretts after open heart sergary my friend had triple bypass open heart segary a year ago. he has continued to smoke 4-6 cigaretts a day. recently he has been complaing of sever chest pains (similar to pains he experience with heart attach) inab

Accepted Answer

Absolutely! : Absolutely! tobacco smoke is toxic to arteries, and a major contributer to the formation of cholesterol plaques in heart arteries, cardiac bypass grafts, peripheral arteries in the limbs, and also can cause aneurysms in the aorta. Your friend's tobacco abuse contributed to the severe coronary disease in his native heart arteries, and may now be contributing to the closure of the surgical bypass grafts. The symptoms you describe (classic angina) are very concerning for recurrent blockage(s), and he needs to see his physician immediately. There are new drugs that can be very effective in helping patients stop smoking. It is imperative he quits.

Question 6

i had gastric bypass 2 weeks ago would marijuana smoke do the same harm as cigarettes would to my new stomach?

Accepted Answer

Not usually: tobacco smoke contains a number of substances that increase stomach acid and reduce the lower esophageal sphincter pressure, which increases reflux and esophagitis, while reducing the effectiveness of gastric mucous.  Marijuana smoke does much less of this, but if you have had problems with peptic ulcer, gastritis or esophagitis, you are far better off not smoking ANYTHING.

Question 7

i am getting chest pain shortness of breath  i had quad bypass 8 years ago not smoked since, i am diabetic and lbka and had second toe on second foot.

Accepted Answer

See your doctor: See your doctor ASAP. You could have an occlusion of one of your graft sites.

Question 8

is there a 6 way bypass?

Accepted Answer

Bypass Surgery: Bypass is a common heart surgery for blocked coronary arteries. The number of bypass grafts are the number that is associated with how many blockages must be bypassed. It is not unheard of to do six.

Question 9

what can a bypass do for you?

Accepted Answer

Prevent death: A bypass is just that. It bypasses a blockage in an artery in your heart. Without it, your heart muscle is starved for blood and it dies. If enough of your heart dies, you die.

Question 10

what kind of complications might happen from a bypass?

Accepted Answer

Heart bypass?: Wound infection, failure of sutures, bleeding in the chest, shock, cardiac arrest, paralysis, coma, renal failure, delirium, pleural effusion ....Etc.

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If i smoke and have copd, could i die during my bypass surgery?

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My friend has had a triple heart bypass. is he ok to smoke cannabis without major risk?

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How long dose a quad bypass last i had one 10 years ago not smoked for 11 years been diabetic 15 below knee amputee 2 years.

A member asked:

What is the range for a life expectancy for a client who exercises 6x a week cardio (90 minutes) who never smoked, he is 6ft1 and 220 lbs , non diabetic with a quad bypass. he has a heart with an infraction rate of 35 from 17% the heart is extensive with

A member asked:

Smoking cigaretts after open heart sergary my friend had triple bypass open heart segary a year ago. he has continued to smoke 4-6 cigaretts a day. recently he has been complaing of sever chest pains (similar to pains he experience with heart attach) inab

A member asked:

I had gastric bypass 2 weeks ago would marijuana smoke do the same harm as cigarettes would to my new stomach?

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I am getting chest pain shortness of breath i had quad bypass 8 years ago not smoked since, i am diabetic and lbka and had second toe on second foot.

A member asked:

Is there a 6 way bypass?

A member asked:

What can a bypass do for you?

A member asked:

What kind of complications might happen from a bypass?

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