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Line 16: − * Improve your quality of life and decrease angina and other symptoms of CAD+ − * Resume a more active lifestyle+ − * Improve the pumping action of the heart if it has been damaged by a heart attack+ − * Lower the chances of a heart attack (in some patients, such as those with diabetes)+ − * Improve your chance of survival+
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If you’re a candidate for CABG, the goals of having the surgery are to:
If you’re a candidate for CABG, the goals of having the surgery are to:
* Improve your quality of life and decrease angina and other symptoms of CAD
* Resume a more active lifestyle
* Improve the pumping action of the heart if it has been damaged by a heart attack
* Lower the chances of a heart attack (in some patients, such as those with diabetes)
* Improve your chance of survival
Repeat surgery may be needed if grafted arteries or veins become blocked, or if new blockages develop in arteries that weren’t blocked before. Taking medicines as prescribed and making lifestyle changes that your doctor recommends can lower the chance of a graft becoming blocked.
Repeat surgery may be needed if grafted arteries or veins become blocked, or if new blockages develop in arteries that weren’t blocked before. Taking medicines as prescribed and making lifestyle changes that your doctor recommends can lower the chance of a graft becoming blocked.