Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Coronary artery bypass surgery creates a new pathway around one or
more blockages in the arteries that feed the heart with blood and
oxygen, thus allowing oxygen rich blood to again be supplied to areas
of heart that were lacking. In most cases, a healthy blood vessel is
taken from another part of your body and surgically placed on the
heart to create the new pathway. This new pathway is commonly known
as a graft. The graft is usually taken from inside the chest wall,
the legs or the arms.
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