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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

In coronary artery disease (CAD), the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to your heart muscle grow hardened and narrowed. You may try treatments such as lifestyle changes, medicines, and angioplasty, a procedure to open the arteries. If these treatments don't help, you may need coronary artery bypass surgery.

The surgery creates a new path for blood to flow to the heart. The surgeon takes a healthy piece of vein from the leg or artery from the chest or wrist. Then the surgeon attaches it to the coronary artery, just above and below the narrowed area or blockage. This allows blood to bypass (get around) the blockage. Sometimes people need more than one bypass.

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  1. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... these treatments don't help, you may need coronary artery bypass surgery. The surgery creates a new path for ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/coronaryarterybypasssurgery.html - Health Topics
  2. Heart bypass surgery 
    ... is still beating. This is called off-pump coronary artery bypass, or OPCAB. During bypass surgery: The doctor will ... disease (CAD). It can cause chest pain ( angina ). Coronary artery bypass surgery can be used to improve blood flow ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002946.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Heart bypass surgery - discharge 
    ... M, Jneid H, et al. Secondary prevention after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a scientific statement from the American ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000102.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Heart bypass surgery - minimally invasive 
    ... health care provider may recommend a minimally invasive coronary artery bypass if you have a blockage in one or ... surgery. In general, the complications of minimally invasive coronary artery bypass are lower than with open coronary artery bypass ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007012.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Heart bypass surgery - minimally invasive - discharge 
    You had minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery on one or more of your coronary arteries. Your surgeon used an artery from your chest to create a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000103.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. What Is Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting? From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)  
    Coronary artery bypass grafting,coronary artery bypass surgery,Heart bypass surgery,Heart surgery,cardiac surgery
    https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/coronary-artery-bypass-grafting - External Health Links
  7. Coronary Artery Bypass (Texas Heart Institute)  
    Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery/Start Here
    https://www.texasheart.org/.../topics/coronary-artery-bypass - External Health Links
  8. Coronary Artery Disease: Angioplasty or Bypass Surgery? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery/Related Issues
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../FAQ-20058302?p=1 - External Health Links
  9. ClinicalTrials.gov: Coronary Artery Bypass From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery/Clinical Trials ... Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...rtery+bypass&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  10. Heart Treatments From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)  
    ... defibrillators,Pacemakers,Heart transplant,TAVR,Total artificial heart,Coronary artery bypass grafting,Bypass surgery
    https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/heart-treatments-procedures - External Health Links
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