The toughest days of my life- to this point? Most certainly not the days prior to the bypass. Most definitely the 24 hours after the procedure.

They call it Quad Cabbages. (the image above is actually 4 brussels sprouts- btw, lol)

People are disgusted when you tell them what the procedure is. They never listen to the whole thing- and I admit it is a fuckin’ gruesome ordeal. The best advice I can give you?

Do whatever it takes to lower your blood pressure, unclog your arteries and prevent having stents or bypasses done to you.

The stents are going to fail faster in two types of people- those that do not change anything- and those that keep inflammation and lower blood sugar only. Smoking cessation is a must. If not- expect a lot of pain.

The replacement of arteries with veins is a poor choice. Not that they have come up with better- after all where are they going to get good arteries to install? Removing one kind of tissue to replace the perfect type of tissue- and taking it from an extremity which is likely damaged- or had poor circulation to begin with does not lead to great outcomes.

15 % of us reclog (become occluded again) within the first year. By ten years the overwhelming majority of us have had stents placed (again) and possibly had the surgery done again- (a thought I cannot bear to imagine, now- knowing what it entails)- The majority of these cabbages fail in a decade.

What is the survival rate after 10 years of quadruple bypass surgery?

Compared with the general population, the mortality rate for ten-year survivors is between 60 to 80% .Jun 13, 2017

Mortality Following Bypass Surgery Increases After 8-10 years

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60 to 80% of us ARE DEAD.

That averages to 7/10 dead in a decade. Shitty deal- they don’t tell us this ahead of time- Now ya know.

The clinical outcome after coronary bypass surgery: a 30-year follow-up study

Ron T van Domburg ¹, Arie Pieter Kappetein, Ad J J C Bogers

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• PMID: 19066209
• DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn530

Abstract

Aims: To investigate the long-term clinical outcome (up to 30 years) after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and to assess the life expectancy (LE) among subgroups of patients.

Methods and results: We analysed the 30-year outcome of the first 1041 consecutive patients in our institution (age at operation 53 years, 88% male) who underwent venous CABG between 1971 and 1980. During follow-up, every 5-7 years follow-up status was obtained by reviewing the hospital records and from general practitioners and civil registries. Data were collected on death and repeat coronary revascularization procedures. Follow-up was complete in 98%. Median follow-up was 29 years (26-36 years). The cumulative 10-, 20-, and 30-year survival rates were 77%, 40%, and 15%, respectively. Overall, 623 coronary re-interventions were performed in 373 patients (36%). The cumulative 10-, 20-, and 30-year freedom from death and coronary re-intervention rates were 60%, 20%, and 6%, respectively. Age [hazard ratio (HR) 1.04/year], extent of vessel disease (VD) (two-VD HR 1.4; three-VD HR 1.9), left main disease (HR 1.6) and impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (HR 1.8) were independent predictors of mortality. We were able to assess the exact LE by calculating the area under the Kaplan-Meier curves. Overall LE after first CABG was 17.6 years. LE in patients with one-, two-, and three-VD was 21.4, 18.8, and 15.4 years, respectively (P < 0.0001). Patients with impaired LVEF had a significant shorter LE than patients with normal LVEF (13.9% vs. 19.3%; P < 0.0001).

Conclusion: This 30-year follow-up study comprises the almost complete life cycle after CABG surgery. Overall median LE was 17.6 years. As the majority of the patients (94%) needed a repeat intervention, we conclude that the classic venous bypass technique is a useful but palliative treatment of a progressive disease.