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Friday, October, 30, 2009

Bypass Surgery

Health Encyclopedia: Heart Bypass Surgery

Alternative Names

Bypass surgery - heart; CABG; Coronary artery bypass graft


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Expert & Community Posts

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Is Gastric Bypass Surgery Right for You?
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...trying to gain weight so that she could have gastric bypass surgery. I was shocked and very... Read more »

Health Guide

Heart bypass surgery
Bypass surgery - heart; CABG; Coronary artery bypass graft Risks When considering the risks of CABG, it is important to remember that bypass... Read more »
Heart bypass surgery
Bypass surgery - heart; CABG; Coronary artery bypass graft Expectations after surgery Every year over one half million Americans have coronary... Read more »
Heart bypass surgery
...surgery is done to bypass clogged arteries supplying the heart. Alternative Names Bypass surgery - heart; CABG; Coronary artery bypass graft Description ... Read more »
Bypass Surgery Patient Guide: Heart Bypass Information
......vessels, your doctor may recommend that you undergo coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Bypass surgery has been performed for nearly 40 years. Cardiovascular surgeons have received... Read more »
Gastric bypass
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Medications

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...medication should not be used right before or after heart bypass surgery. Side Effects See also... Read more »

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...medication should not be used right before or after heart bypass surgery. Side Effects See also... Read more »

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...should not be used if you have recently had heart bypass surgery. Talk to your doctor or... Read more »

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...medication should not be used right before or after heart bypass surgery. Side Effects See also... Read more »

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...medication should not be used right before or after heart bypass surgery. Side Effects See also... Read more »

Related News

Diabetics, Older Patients Benefit From Heart Bypass
April 14, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It may be a more invasive surgery, but new research shows heart bypass surgery leads to longer lives than angioplasty for... Read summary »

Drugs, Surgery Produce Similar Death Rates in Diabetics With Heart Disease
June 15, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- For patients with both Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, choosing drug therapy or surgery produces similar death rates,... Read summary »

Why Gastric Bypass Helps Diabetics
September 15, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New evidence explains why patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery get their diabetes symptoms under control quickly --... Read summary »

Clinical trial: Experimental med for patients undergoing bypass surgery
October 03, 2008

This is a study to assess the effectiveness of an investigational med called tezosentan in blocking an enzyme that can cause unstable blood pressure... Read summary »

Gastric bypass surgery can reverse metabolic syndrome
October 03, 2008

A new study from the Mayo Clinic has found that gastric bypass surgery can reverse metabolic syndrome in morbidly obese patients. Researchers studied... Read summary »