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Smoking after cabg
My father had cabg with labp pumps on December . Two months after surgery he started smoking.is it safe to smoke while using acitrom medicine. Recently he had blood vomits for 5days and he had swollen leg
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Smoking after CABG can cause closure of grafts.
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Dr. Birinder Singh Thind
Cardiologist
26 yrs exp
Noida
Smoking is contraindicated in all population. In view of the mentioned symptoms kindly consult your treating physician in emergency.
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Dr. Sivabal V
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11 yrs exp
Thiruvananthapuram
He has to stop smoking. Smoking post CABG increases the chance of recurrent heart attack.
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