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Bypass Surgery
Navigate your way to a Healthy Heart
What is a bypass surgery?
Imagine traveling by road and getting stuck in a traffic jam. To
'bypass' the jam, you take another route and join the same road
back again. That's exactly what takes place in a CABG (Coronary
Artery Bypass Graft surgery) or commonly known as bypass
surgery.
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) is a surgical procedure
done to create a 'bypass' around the blocked part of a coronary
artery (blood vessels that supply blood to the heart) to restore
blood supply to the heart muscle. The bypass is made with the
help of blood vessels (known as grafts taken from the other parts
of the body (leg, hand, chest wall, etc.)
Why and when is a bypass done?
When one or more of the coronary arteries becomes partially or
totally blocked, the heart does not get adequate blood supply.
This is called an ischemic heart disease or Coronary Artery
Disease (CAD). It can cause heart pain (angina) or a heart attack
(myocardial infarction).
CABG is one of the treatment options for ischemic heart
disease. Bypass surgery is advised for:
1.
2.
Significant, multiple blockages in all three main vessels of
the heart
3.
Failure of angioplasty
4.
When the efficiency of the left ventricle is reduced to less
than adequate.
9.
For the first three months avoid swimming, driving, sex, breath
holding exercises and yoga. This is because your heart is at time
irritable and sensitive. It may lead to irregular heart beat and
could be risky for you.
The AHI Advantage
The latest trend in healthcare is to have lesser invasive surgeries,
i.e. surgeries which involve minimal cuts & ensure that patient
has a faster recovery. Keyhole or Minimally Invasive Surgery
(MIS) is a modern innovative surgical technique that reduces the
patient's post-surgery distress & allows them to return back to
their normal life in just a couple of days. In Minimally Invasive
Recovery/ Prognosis:
Recovery from the surgery takes time. The patient who has
received a CABG can expect considerable relief from symptoms
and in many cases, increase life span. It should be remembered
however that the graft vessels are subject to fatty blockage at
any increased rate, so care must still be taken to reduce the risk
factors that cause the original blockage.
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