My mother who is 76 year old now had a angioplasty in 2003. 2 stents.. one got failed in 3 months.. had to do bypass surgery.. between bypass and angioplasty she had water in spine and chest and under critical unit for 2 weeks ..had lot of steriods given.. which made her bones brittle. ..so after bypass the bypass closure steel wire cut throough the bones.. so  Doctor had to add big band to close.. .. took 40 days to come out of ICU as lungs collapased,, spine water infrection .. since then diabets not under control.. 3 times insulin dose of 14.. but finally recovered.. dressing every day as would is not healed .. was on ON OFF antiobiatic.. now a steeel wire coming out little bit docctor says hreart is in good condition.. wire has no fucntuon so we can remove and ther is little risk as it is under cardia ansthia ..need to know what risk and is it required to remove the wire of not what is the danger to keep the wire as it is..? Prashant Deshpande - India