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2. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Coronary artery bypass surgery aims to prevent death from coronary artery disease and improve quality of life by relieving angina, the associated feeling of chest pain. [1] The decision to perform surgery is informed by studies of CABG's efficacy in different patient subgroups, based on the lesions' anatomy or how well the heart is functioning.

3. Country singer Mark Chesnutt just underwent emergency ... - AOL

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   Bypass is a major open-heart surgery, but a patient’s life expectancy and quality of life afterward are very good, experts say. Country singer Mark Chesnutt just underwent emergency quadruple ...

4. A Florida couple has experienced a lot together — including ...

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   They didn't anticipate that open heart surgery would be one of them. Last month, Margaret, 82, developed back pain, and Phil, 86, started having chest pain. ... Margaret had a quadruple bypass ...

5. Regis Philbin gives update on his health over a decade after ...

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   Over a decade after undergoing triple bypass surgery in 2007, former "Live With Regis and Kelly" host Regis Philbin is opening up about his heart health journey.

6. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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   The technique uses devices to support the surrounding heart tissues while vital surgery takes place. This is also known as off-pump CABG (OPCAB). OPCAB voids the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), which requires the heart to be stopped (arrested) with cardioplegia solution. Off-pump is also known as beating heart surgery. [citation needed]

7. Coronary artery disease - Wikipedia

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   Procedures such as percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) may be used in severe disease. [10] [23] In those with stable CAD it is unclear if PCI or CABG in addition to the other treatments improves life expectancy or decreases heart attack risk. [24]

8. New procedure at Erie hospital offers hope for those with ...

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   It was high enough to put him at an increased risk for stroke and heart attack. "I already had triple-bypass heart surgery about two years ago," said Davis, who works as a part-time driver for ...

9. Cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons.It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, [1] and ...