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  2. 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 ...

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

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    Roger Goodson, a recent quadruple heart bypass patient who had his surgery at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford, in December shows off his scar, weeks out after the surgery at the hospital, on ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Vessel harvesting - Wikipedia

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    Coronary artery bypass graft surgery has been in practice since the 1960s. Historically, vessels—such as the great saphenous vein in the leg or the radial artery in the arm—were obtained using a traditional "open" procedure that required a single, long incision from groin to ankle, or a "bridging" technique that used three or four smaller incisions.

  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. 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.

  9. Exeter football coach Bill Ball, after quadruple bypass ... - AOL

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    The meeting with the cardiologist resulted in Ball eventually having his aortic valve replaced and a quadruple heart bypass surgery on the final day of February. The surgery was performed by Dr ...