| Over the past three decades, coronary bypass | | | | unbearable angina which occurs due to narrowed |
| surgery has been in use to treat blocked heart arteries. | | | | arteries. It is considered as a vital indicator for the need |
| In bypass operation, blood vessels from other parts of | | | | of bypass surgery as heart muscles get poor oxygen |
| the body are used so as to redirect the blood around | | | | supply. |
| the blocked artery and thus, re-establishing the good | | | | Coronary bypass surgery is done in a situation when it |
| blood flow, to the heart muscles. | | | | is not possible to open the blockage using angioplasty |
| According to some findings, the difference between | | | | or in a case when the blockage occurs again after |
| the survival rates of heart patients treated with | | | | angioplasty. |
| bypass surgery and those treated with medication is | | | | Life after Coronary Bypass Surgery |
| very little. The best part of this coronary bypass | | | | No doubt, bypass operation improves blood flow to the |
| surgery is that it is for pain relief. | | | | heart; it cannot be said as a cure for underlying |
| Conditions when Coronary Bypass Surgery can act | | | | coronary artery disease. There is a possibility of the |
| as Savior | | | | occurrence of new blockages in the grafts or in |
| Most often, coronary bypass surgery is performed for | | | | arteries not bypassed. Thus, it becomes important to |
| pain relief instead of prolonging life. Nevertheless, there | | | | fight this problem by adopting healthy diet and lifestyle |
| are certain instances when the bypass surgery | | | | and also with aggressive treatment of high cholesterol |
| becomes failure which might prove even fatal. Some | | | | levels. Smoking must be given up as it reduces |
| of these situations are: | | | | cholesterol level in a case it is elevated. Also, the |
| If the left main coronary artery is narrowed or blocked | | | | sufferer needs to maintain a healthy weight, control |
| bleakly, it will block the supply of blood as well as | | | | blood sugar and diabetes and exercise regularly. |
| oxygen to the left ventricle (the main pump of the | | | | Success Rate of Coronary Heart Surgery |
| heart) completely. It might lead to potentially fatal heart | | | | The main success rate for bypass operation is about |
| attack or serious damage to the left ventricle. | | | | 98 percent. The patients with severely damaged heart |
| In another situation, if the sufferer has two or more | | | | muscles and blocked arteries tend to have higher risk. |
| coronary lesions and left ventricle functioning properly; it | | | | It must be noted here that no surgery can be carried |
| indicates that the person may have early signs and | | | | out without potential risks involved. There are a lot of |
| symptoms of heart disease. The sufferer will exhaust | | | | complications like arrhythmias, kidney failure, infections |
| easily and the heart will pump rapidly but weakly. | | | | and stroke which may happen even after surgery. |
| The sufferer may experience chest pain or | | | | |