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Can you get cabg surgery if you have a cold or flu, or will surgery be postponed?
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Postponed: Unless it's an emergency, it will likely be postponed. Open heart surgery including CABG is hard on the lungs so any stress they are under like infection should be taken care of first.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Postponed: Post extubation respiratory compromise.
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