Guide to Heart Disease

Q. What is “Balloon Angioplasty” ? Does it replace “By Pass” surgery ?
A. When there is a localized narrowing in the early segment of one or more of the coronary arterial pipelines, a new method of dealing with this has developed. It consists of dilating the narrow segment and distending it from its lumen side […]

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Q. Can a patient, who has developed left ventricular failure or congestive cardiac failure, be helped by coronary “by-pass” surgery ?
A. No, the established case of cardiac failure cannot be helped by this form of surgery. The heart muscle has already become weak and certain fibrotic changes have developed in the muscle which cannot be […]

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