Can trench-foot from WWII, 65 years ago cause heart bi-pass surgery?

There does not seem to be any information on the Internet to indicate that trench foot can cause someone to develop a heart condition that requires heart by-pass surgery, but naturally, that does not mean that it is not possible. This question, therefore, needs to be addressed to a medical person who has knowledge of both of the conditions.

• What is trench foot?

The first recorded instances of trench foot  are from the 18th century detailing the condition that some of Napoleon's army suffered after standing in cold, muddy conditions for too long in boots that did not offer adequate protection.

The cold and wet penetrate until the skin turns blue and eventually all feeling is lost. If it is not prevented, the condition can turn gangrenous and that means that amputation has to happen otherwise the person will die.

• Why is it called trench foot?

It is called trench foot because of the huge numbers of soldiers that contracted the condition in World War One through standing in cold, wet, muddy trenches for hours on end when they were on the front line.

Soldiers were advised to change their socks and boots regularly for dry ones, and to keep their feet dry so that they would not suffer from this condition, but often that was totally impractical.

There are many recorded instances when soldiers who had been brave enough to face the enemy in appalling conditions would break down and cry because they had trench foot because they knew that the outcome was usually death or amputation.

• Could it be prevented?

The most obvious way of preventing trench foot was in the ways already described, but soldiers were also advised to protect their feet with whale grease to keep the wet away from their skin.

Thousands of gallons of whale grease was used every day but it was later found to do more harm than good because when the feet sweated there was nowhere for the moisture to go and so feet remained in a damp condition.