Open Heart Surgery Complications. Cardiopulmonary bypass increases the risk of clots that may travel to the brain. Most common open heart surgery complications post operative bleeding.
Risks of on pump heart surgery bleeding. Chest wound infection more common in patients with obesity or diabetes or those who ve had a cabg before heart attack or stroke irregular heartbeat lung or kidney failure chest pain and low fever memory loss or fuzziness blood clot blood loss breathing. A person suffering from underlying diseases like diabetes breathing difficulties due to emphysema or any other lung condition or even any kidney disease.
Kidney or lung damage pump head.
With any type of major surgical procedure the risk of bleeding is very high. Here simon kendall heart surgeon and chrissie bannister heart surgery nurse talk about some of the possible side effects and complications that may happen after heart surgery. Bleeding an irregular heart rhythm infections of the chest wound memory loss or trouble thinking clearly which often improves within six to 12 months kidney problems stroke heart attack if a blood clot breaks loose soon after surgery. Risk is increased due to the blood thinning medications used during pumping.
