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Is It Safe To Have Multiple Open Heart Surgeries, Within A Year?
My father (56 yrs) just had open heart surgery last year, and continues to have problems. A recent EKG came back irregular, and he is going in for a stress test and possible cardiac catheterization next week. Is it safe to have multiple open heart surgeries, within a year?
Thu, 22 May 2014
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It depends on the type of surgery and the urgency for doing it ,multiple sugeries in a year is never a contraindication
Cardiac catheterization is not an open heart surgery its like a kind of invasive test for knowing heart vessel conditions
Discuss this with your doctor and then decide.
Hope i have answered your query.
Get well soon.
Thanks for writing to HCM
It depends on the type of surgery and the urgency for doing it ,multiple sugeries in a year is never a contraindication
Cardiac catheterization is not an open heart surgery its like a kind of invasive test for knowing heart vessel conditions
Discuss this with your doctor and then decide.
Hope i have answered your query.
Get well soon.
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