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Scar Photo Essay

TheGoodEye
  • By TheGoodEye · Posted November 30, 2008
  • In Life after heart bypass surgery · 8 replies
  • I'm a photographer working on a photo essay on scars.The goal of this photographic art project is to document the impact of current surgical techniques on the human body. It is also intended to capture ...

Pre surgery worries

kath1200
  • By kath1200 · Posted November 11, 2008
  • In Pre-surgery worries · 4 replies
  • Hi there, My mother has been told that she needs to have a triple bypass and she just keeps saying how scared she is. She is putting it off and putting it off due to fear of the heart-lung machine - she ...

Pacemakers after CABG: how common?

Aamos
  • By Aamos · Posted August 9, 2008
  • In Rehabilitation and continuing treatment · 0 replies
  • My husband recently had a 4x bypass. He's 52, with an EF of 57%. His docs are now talking about an ICD. I've read that VT is not an uncommon after-effect of CABG. Anyone else experienced this, and if ...

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