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  2. Postperfusion syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Postperfusion syndrome, also known as "pumphead", is a constellation of neurocognitive impairments attributed to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during cardiac surgery. Symptoms of postperfusion syndrome are subtle and include defects associated with attention, concentration, short-term memory, fine motor function, and speed of mental and motor ...

  3. 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.

  4. Reperfusion therapy - Wikipedia

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    Emergency bypass surgery for the treatment of an acute myocardial infarction (MI) is less common than PCI or thrombolysis. From 1995 to 2004, the percentage of people with cardiogenic shock treated with primary PCI rose from 27.4% to 54.4%, while the increase in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) was only from 2.1% to 3.2%. [ 34 ]

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

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    If there are no complications during the surgery or in the immediate recovery period, she says, about 98% survive, and more than 75% of people are still alive a decade after triple bypass surgery ...

  6. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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    Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, encompasses various aspects of cardiac surgical procedures (aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, coronary artery bypass surgery, ascending aorta or aortic root surgery) that can be performed with minimally invasive approach either via mini-thoracotomy or mini-sternotomy.

  7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar undergoes quadruple bypass surgery ... - AOL

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    L.A. Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar underwent a quadruple coronary bypass surgery on Thursday after being admitted to UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center with cardiovascular disease earlier ...

  8. 'Saved my life': Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital heart ... - AOL

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    The heart surgeon told Goodson he had a choice of skipping surgery and facing possible massive heart attack or pursuing a quadruple bypass that has a 98% success rate. "It was a pretty easy choice ...

  9. Off-pump coronary artery bypass - Wikipedia

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    Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB), or beating-heart surgery, is a form of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery performed without cardiopulmonary bypass (heart-lung machine) as a treatment for coronary heart disease. It was primarily developed in the early 1990s by Dr. Amano Atsushi.