I just found out my dad has to have emergency heart surgery. A few years ago he had a triple or quad by-pass, forgot which. Well, today, found out he is only pumping 50% of the blood he needs through his heart, and that his heart is damaged. I don’t have more details than that…what are his chances to survive the surgery? He is a smoker, works long hours…I’m obviously scared. He is 55 years old.
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Smoking kills, so if you are smoking also please quit, since being your father’s son you have double the chance of coronary heart disease, and smoking makes it far worst. If the second bypass operation is technically feasible, his chances are actually not so bad; but he needs to stop smoking NOW, since his coronaries only get blocked again if he keeps on smoking, the drugs we prescribe cannot negate these negative effects of smoking, so we all stand to loose, if he has anginal complains again a second re-bypass operation often is not feasible.
His chances are very good. Heart surgery keeps advancing all the time and since he already went through it once he will have a good idea what to expect. He needs to quit smoking though, and cut down on stress (working long hours) so lifestyle changes are needed.