I’m not super familiar with medical stuff. But we found out today my dad needs a bypass and I’m anxious about it, they tried to explain it and I’ve tried looking it up but I genuinely don’t understand what it entails or if he’ll be okay
Thanks
Edit: I don’t have the energy to reply to everyone but ty all for your explanations!! I’m still anxious but feeling a lot less worried knowing what it actually is
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Think of a highway bypass. It’s a new stretch of highway built to bypass something, like a town. A heart bypass means that one of the blood vessels is blocked, so they will take a piece from elsewhere (usually the leg), and sew it in place of the blocked section, so the blood goes around the blockage.
It’s extremely common, my brother had a triple bypass about 8 years ago, so they did this to 3 vessels, he’s absolutely fine.
It will tire him out and will take a while for recovery. But it’s pretty routine nowadays
Add on: while they are doing the surgery, they use a machine to circulate the blood because they are working on the heart. This is done by profusionists. This part is not referred to as a bypass.
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