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Is there any difference between a triple and quadruple bypass heart operation
A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Creighton Wrightanswered
surgery 57 years experience
Depends: Immediately should be with care.
After a month or so, same as most flyers, presuming all checkups are on target!
4.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Steven Guytonanswered
Thoracic Surgery 47 years experience
Mutiple: Heart attack, stroke, death, kidney injury or failure, infection, bleeding, cardiac tamponade, and complications of vascular disease, which can occur ... Read More
5.4k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Dr. Creighton Wrightanswered
surgery 57 years experience
Few: Death
bleeding
infection
sternal infection
stroke
recurrence
graft failure
long list but infrequent < 5%.
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Creighton Wrightanswered
surgery 57 years experience
Few: Death
bleeding
infection
sternal infection
stroke
recurrence
graft failure
long list but infrequent.
5.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Dr. Matthew Cooperanswered
Thoracic Surgery 39 years experience
Bypass: Heart attack, stroke, death, major infection, kidney failure. However, the reality is that overall risk is low.
5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Dr. Sahba Ferdowsianswered
General Practice 19 years experience
Personal choice : It depends on the patients compliance with diet, medications, and exercise. Typically I should last several years, but it is so individual specific ac... Read More
5.5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mark Kuhnkeanswered
General Surgery 41 years experience
Maybe not much: Sometimes, as the situation dictates, you may need immediate surgery, within just a few hours of presentation of cardiac symptoms. All depends on wha... Read More
4.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Scott Mackinnonanswered
Anesthesiology 34 years experience
Both: The technical features of the cardiac surgery, including difficulty, age of patient, coexisting illness are important and will often times determine h... Read More
5.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Matthew Henniganswered
Surgery - Thoracic 20 years experience
Stop smoking...: Chances are that after bypass surgery you will not need oxygen at home. But that being said, stopping smoking is an absolute necessity. All the pain... Read More
5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Fensteranswered
Cardiology 32 years experience
Yes: Once you have recovered from coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) moderate alcohol use can be part of a healthful diet. Of all the forms of alcohol e... Read More
6.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Randy Stevensanswered
General Surgery 25 years experience
See cardiologist: For heart patients less than a year after bypass it's best to play it safe and see cardiologist. Your dad at 50 is probably at higher risk since he h... Read More
4.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Mary Engravanswered
Emergency Medicine 32 years experience
I : I am so sorry that your dad and your family are having to go through this. As you know, that is an extremely major surgery. Triple bypass with aorti... Read More
5.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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