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Pre-surgery worries

Pre surgery worries

kath1200
  • By kath1200 · New reply December 17, 2008
  • 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 ...

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Life after heart bypass surgery

Scar Photo Essay

TheGoodEye
  • By TheGoodEye · New reply December 19, 2008
  • 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 ...

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Rehabilitation and continuing treatment

Pacemakers after CABG: how common?

Aamos
  • By Aamos · Posted August 9, 2008
  • 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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