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Have Smoking after heart surgery
Hi , i have a doubt ,can anything help me plz .. my father had gone through a bypass surgery one yr ago but he still continues his smoking habit and also he regularily eats his medicines everyday ...actually he is a chainsmoker ...my doubt is what if we continues smoking after a major bypass surgery and eats medicines daily ?
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Smoking can block his coronary arteries again....
Redo coronary bypass surgery is a difficult operation than the first time.
Better Stop smoking.
Prevention is better than cure.
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Should avoid smoking completely as it is one risk factor for developing heart attack
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