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Is having open heart surgery considered risky?
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Some degree: Usually it is less risky than not having it if you need it. The risks vary with what is to be done congenital disease coronary disease valvular disease risk rises with age, obesity, diabetes poor heart function and some othe factors.
Answered 9/28/2016
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