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    The Society of Thoracic Surgeons answered:
    How many people around the world smoke cigarettes?
    About 1.1 billion people -- one in every three adults -- are smokers, according to the World...  Full Post
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    How does smoking affect the success rate of coronary bypass surgery?
    Greater saphenous (leg) vein grafts are the most commonly used vessels for coronary artery...  Full Post
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    How does being obese affect surgery for lung cancer?
    Lobectomy for primary lung cancer takes longer when a patient is obese. In a study published in...  Full Post
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    Why is heart bypass surgery a good choice for people with diabetes?
    People with diabetes mellitus who undergo heart bypass surgery for multiple blocked arteries...  Full Post
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    How does diabetes affect my risk of death from coronary artery disease?
    People with diabetes mellitus, a disease that affects an estimated 14.5 million Americans, are...  Full Post
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    How safe is heart bypass surgery for people with diabetes?
    People with diabetes mellitus who undergo heart bypass surgery for multiple blocked arteries...  Full Post
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    What are antiplatelet drugs?
    Antiplatelet drugs inhibit platelet cells that enhance blood clotting. They include aspirin and...  Full Post
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    What is pediatric heart disease?
    Pediatric heart disease is a term used to describe several different heart conditions in...  Full Post
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    What are the different types of congenital pediatric heart disease?
    The different types of congenital pediatric heart disease include: Aortic Stenosis (AS) ...  Full Post
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    What is an acquired heart disease?
    Much more rarely than congenital heart disease (CHD), children have acquired heart disease, that...  Full Post
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    Can anemia affect the outcome of heart surgery?
    Anemia is now confirmed as a risk factor for illness and even death following cardiac surgery,...  Full Post
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    Should anemia be treated before elective heart surgery?
    Patients with severe anemia have double the mortality of those without anemia. Patients and...  Full Post
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    Should the elderly go home or to a care facility after heart valve surgery?
    To analyze long-term survival rates of octogenarian patients discharged to home versus to a...  Full Post
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    Is heart valve surgery safe for elderly people?
    It has become more and more common to perform heart surgery on octogenarians. For the first...  Full Post
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    What are breakthroughs in heart valve technology?
    Recent breakthroughs in valve technology include the minimally invasive transcatheter aortic...  Full Post