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What Are The Risks Associated With Open Heart Surgery?
My father has already had two stent procedures done. Now he is having more problems and his cardiologist is talking about doing open heart surgery now. How dangerous is this and what are the risks included? He is also a very bad diabetic and has to take pain medication daily from a mining injury that happened over thirty years ago. What are his chances of living through this surgery, and if he does, what would his life expectancy be?
Wed, 16 Jan 2019
Hello,
Taking the things mentioned by you into consideration I would like to tell you that the prognosis won’t be very good if his sugars are bad. Bypass surgery is major cardiac surgery and any major surgery carries significant risk of life-threatening complications.
His chances depend upon several factors and if he makes through it then life expectancy would be average.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhanu Partap,
Cardiologist
Taking the things mentioned by you into consideration I would like to tell you that the prognosis won’t be very good if his sugars are bad. Bypass surgery is major cardiac surgery and any major surgery carries significant risk of life-threatening complications.
His chances depend upon several factors and if he makes through it then life expectancy would be average.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhanu Partap,
Cardiologist
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