Glossary/Coronary Artery Disease

CABG.

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. An open-heart surgery that creates new routes for blood to flow around blocked coronary arteries. Surgeons use arteries or veins from other parts of the body as grafts to bypass the blockages.

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What is cabg?

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. An open-heart surgery that creates new routes for blood to flow around blocked coronary arteries. Surgeons use arteries or veins from other parts of the body as grafts to bypass the blockages.

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Saphenous Vein Graft
A vein harvested from the leg and used as a bypass conduit during CABG surgery. Vein grafts are t...
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