Read the Following Excerpt from a Patient's Health Record: Plan

question 94

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt from a patient's health record: Plan: Patient has already had an emergent coronary arteriography, which showed three stenotic vessels. I have recommended CABG over percutaneous catheterization due to three-vessel involvement, and the patient agrees.
According to the information in this patient's health record, which of the following statements is NOT true?

• A) The author of the consult note recommends a coronary artery bypass graft.
• B) The author of the consult note recommends a surgery using a borrowed piece of blood vessel to bypass a blocked artery in the heart.
• C) The author of the consult note recommends an alternative treatment for a coronary artery that passes instruments up a patient's blood vessel into the heart.
• D) The author of the consult note recommends coronary artery bypass surgery.
• E) The author of the consult note recommends the patient have a surgery to bypass a blocked artery in the heart.

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