Quoted message said:Subject: Re: True death rate from Coronary Bypass?
From: a user paul@not_real.edu
Date: 8/17/2003 8:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:currently it is felt that a "well done" CABG should give about 10+ years of
Quoted message said:good life....maybe more
hawki
I am sorry...I worded that badly...
of course I meant "before another intervention might be needed"...
sorry Mel...didn't mean to upset you...and surely you are right in doing what
you are doing..which is what we know to do..keep the LDL less than
100..exercise..diet..stress...etc etc...
what I was trying to convey to the original poster (who seemed to think there
was a much higher risk of surgery/complications) was that CABG is certainly
preferable to doing nothing..
hawki
hawki