A couple of months ago, I had a long cardiac bypass operation.
Some doctors say it may be time to give bypass operations a second look.
Then, four years ago, I had a heart attack and a bypass operation.
And for some reason, since my bypass operation, I seem to have a lot more energy.
She suffered a heart attack in 1979, leading to four bypass operations.
But they do maybe 100 or 120 bypass operations a year.
The emergency nature of many women's bypass operations has two possible explanations, according to King.
Some 35% of persons waiting for a bypass operation died before they got one.
But the benefits generally became clearer five or more years after the bypass operation.
In my own bypass operation, I was taken care of by people who knew me.