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having an Heart Attack and the next day having an Quadruple bypass, survival?

an honest opinion.

2007-09-04 08:27:29 · 4 answers · asked by who c 1 in Health Diseases & Conditions Heart Diseases

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I worked in heart surgery recovery for many years.
The patient's risk depends overall health and how fast he was treated for heart attack.
Nobody can give you numbers.
(A cut and paste answer is not helpful either.)

These questions should be asked of the docs. They have a better idea of potential complications and of how the surgery went! Nurses in the unit will be very helpful as to how he is doing each day.
It's very serious, esp since he had heart attack. The good news is he had rapid intervention, and many people like this have recovered to do well!

2007-09-05 04:51:56 · answer #1 · answered by Tanya968 5 · 2 0

Heart surgery has made much progress over the last 40 yrs.
Nowadays it's not such a risk.
However it IS serious.

Survival depends on patient's condition & overall health before heart attack, on how quickly he/she got to treatment and how quickly the medical people took care of problems, which affects how much damage was done to heart.
A lot depends on skill of the surgeon (most are very good).

Have family talk with doctor (surgeon) and head nurse to see what they think of progress. Remember, recovery is sometimes hard, and patient with heart attack pre-surgery will have to rest and take it slower but should recover.
There are serious and potentially fatal risks.

If you are not family, but want to know how patient is, contact only one family member and let them get back to you.
Times are stressful enough.
Hope he is ok.

2007-09-05 11:12:30 · answer #2 · answered by Monty45 3 · 2 0

The patient may feel groggy and disoriented, and sites of incisions — both the chest and the leg, if a segment of blood vessel was taken from the leg — may be sore. Painkillers are given as needed.Loss of appetite, constipation
Swelling in the area from which the segment of blood vessel was removed
Fatigue, mood swings, feelings of depression, difficulty sleeping
Muscle pain or tightness in the shoulders and upper back.
The chances of a patient having a heart attack is 1 out of 1000 patients. Its not a common thing for a patient to have a heart attack,the surgery is to correct the problem before it becomes a heart attack

2007-09-04 19:06:06 · answer #3 · answered by unknown 3 · 0 2

It depends on the status of myocardium.
Secondly has the patient energy to under go trauma.
Can he withstand post operative complication.
If all three are yes, and good he should be least bothered.

2007-09-06 17:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by Dr.Qutub 7 · 1 1

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