Second, the operation requires cutting all the way through the bones and muscles of the chest, stopping the
heart, cutting on the
heart and other tissues, and then restarting the
heart and sewing the person back together. Even someone in the best of health would have difficulty tolerating that. If someone got that same kind of injury in an accident, you would be amazed if the person lived. What your uncle is going through now is not uncommon for coronary bypass graft surgery patients.