A cardiologist's experience undergoing quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery.

Abstract

This article describes the past medical history of a 76-year-old cardiologist, the symptoms which led him to have a stress echocardiogram, the results of his coronary angiography, his experience undergoing quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery, his recovery at home, his readmission and hospitalization for a massive left pleural effusion and an infection of his left foot, and his recovery at home.