Shahab Akhter, MD, associate professor of surgery, director, Surgical Arrhythmia Program, The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago. Dr. Akhter wrote a commentary accompanying a study on smoking cessation among bypass patients that was published in Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
Smokers, take note. If your doctor recommends that you have a coronary bypass—an operation that creates a new route for…
