coronary bypass surgery
A surgical procedure to restore normal blood supply to the heart by creating new routes for the blood to travel into the heart when one or both of the coronary arteries have become clogged or obstructed (possibly due to atherosclerosis). These new routes are created by removing blood vessels from another part of the body (most often the veins of the leg) and grafting them onto the heart to bypass the clogged arteries.
Words nearby coronary bypass surgery
coronary, coronary arteries, coronary artery, coronary artery disease, coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery, coronary care unit, coronary cataract, coronary cushion, coronary failure, coronary heart disease
notes for coronary bypass surgery
Often, people will call this kind of surgery a double, triple, or quadruple bypass, referring to the number of diseased coronary arteries that had to be bypassed during the operation.
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