My DH had emergency quadruple bypass surgery yesterday. We were completely shocked as he just had an annual physical on 3/28 with no indication of any issues. Wednesday night he had chest pain that radiated to his arm so I took him to the ER. Fortunately he survived the surgery and the Cardiac ICU nurses say he’s doing really well. He is 63 and had no previous health issues - has never smoked, light drinker, very slightly overweight (200-210, 6 ft tall), no diabetes or any other chronic disease). He didn’t exercise much and he did drink a lot of cappuccino - probably 6+ per day.
For those of you who have been through this, what lifestyle changes were necessary to minimize future cardiac risk?
If you are a spouse of someone who had a major cardiac event, how has this affected your life? I’m scared now that he could have another heart attack or worse yet, a stroke.
Thank you for any information you’re willing to share.
For those of you who have been through this, what lifestyle changes were necessary to minimize future cardiac risk?
If you are a spouse of someone who had a major cardiac event, how has this affected your life? I’m scared now that he could have another heart attack or worse yet, a stroke.
Thank you for any information you’re willing to share.