How Long Does A Bypass Graft Last?

CABG is the abbreviated form of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and it is a type of surgery which intends to bring improvements in the flow of blood to the heart. Surgeons often refer this technique for the treatment of all individuals, who suffer from severe coronary artery/heart problems.

During a coronary artery bypass surgery, cardiac surgeons bypass the diseased portions of the patient’s coronary arteries with healthy vein grafts and arteries to boost the flow of blood to the muscular tissues of the heart. Bypass surgery involves open-chest surgical method.

Doctors recommend bypass surgery if:

Narrowness Occurs: Left main artery of any patient’s heart becomes narrow.

Blockage: Blockage in all of the three arteries of patient’s heart or very low amount of blood flows from it.

Doctor Judgment: Depending on the critical condition of an individual’s cardiac problem or when doctors think bypass surgery as more successful than placing stents or angioplasty.

Repair: To replace or repair a damaged heart valve because of heart valve and other cardiac problems.

Severity: In case of diabetic patients with all the three or two arteries in blocked or in narrowed condition.

Blood Ejection: When the heart faces trouble in pumping or suffers from a reduced ejection fraction.

How Long Does A Bypass Graft Last?

How Long Does A Bypass Graft Last?

The success rate of CABG is good, so the bypass grafts last for a long time. Bypass surgery or CABG has a prime role to reduce various symptoms of chronic chest pain referred to as angina. Approximately 95 percent of people, who have undergone with the surgery, obtained relief from the angina problem right away and stayed a healthy life for many years.

Approximately 80 percent of the cardiac patients continue to remain free from angina and other heart related problems for about 5 years post-surgery.

Bypass surgery is able to boost the chances associated with living a long life. About 90 percent of people who have undergone the surgery are still alive for more than 5 years period.

Bypass Surgery Success Depends on Blood Vessel Grafts

Exact interval, for which the benefits of bypass surgery last, depends on the exact period of the blood vessel grafts to remain in open condition. Risk associated with the requirement of further operation increases after every one year of the surgery. 5 years after, about 2 among the 100 people require surgery and 10 years later, 7 among the 100 people undergo with the second bypass surgery.

Bypass Surgery Success Depends on Individual’s Habits

Success of any bypass surgery also depends on habits of an individual. If you continue to smoke excessively, you will never expect to get benefits or get only a few benefits from the surgical process. In addition, you have to make some important changes in your lifestyle. These include getting physical exercises regularly and choosing the right diet. These changes help a lot to allow bypass grafts for staying open for a long time. Even a right diet plan and a good lifestyle will give the best chance to live a long and a healthy life.

Bypass Surgery Success Depends on Proper Medications

Patients, who have to take medicines to deal with low cholesterol, angina problems or to control the blood pressure, should make sure to take the respective necessary medicines regularly. Other than common changes in the lifestyle, medicines help a lot to receive the maximum possible benefits from the bypass surgery.

Bypass surgery helps a lot to cure your heart problems. However, it is the prime responsibility of every heart patient to follow proper diet plan, avoid smoking and other similar activities, do regular exercises and take medicines, as prescribed by the doctor. Without the additional activities mentioned here, the patient will continue to remain at the risk of narrowing arteries or any other similar heart problems leading to further surgeries.

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Written, Edited or Reviewed By: Team PainAssist, Pain Assist Inc. This article does not provide medical advice. See disclaimer
Last Modified On:April 23, 2018

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