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[|Human|] My husband is having a very high risk surgery to remove clots.from lungs and around heart. They have to open his chest. He has been suffering.for 10 years..this past year his health declined so quickly he could.not even.walk to the bathroom without fits of coughing...is surgery really as.risky as they say...he is only 46...and.seems like 70..
[|AI|]  Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. By your description I think your husband is having large, chronic pulmonary embolism in major pulmonary arteries. And if it is large enough to occlude blood flow than surgery is the only option. And yes, surgery is very risky. Because already lungs and heart are weakened due to clots. So it is considered as major surgery with very, very high risk intraoperatively as well as post operative. So need to discuss outcomes in depth with your treating surgeon.