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Are Heart Ailments Hereditary?
Friend (in mid-50s) has to have open-heart surgery Monday for "the widowmaker" condition -- he has not had a heart attack -- but brother died in March at 63 from massive heart attack -- and their father died young (heart attack). Is there anything that can be done to correct this condition (other than heart transplant)?
Wed, 8 Nov 2017
widowmaker disease ....i think u are referring to CAD ...if it is so den the operative procedure called as CABG simply called open heart bypass operation or angioplasty or stenting of coronary artery is to be done ...decision is taken by cardiologist after checking angiography report of patient ...these are best approaches and scientifically approved ..
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