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What risk factors are expected for 72 year old haveing a triple heart bypass?
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CABG: Diabetes, hypertension, anemia, kidney disease, poor cardiac function, poor lung function all increase the risk of coronary bypass surgery along with the underlying severity of the atherosclerotic disease.
Answered 7/16/2013
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