Heart Bypass Surgery
Alternate Names : Bypass Surgery - Heart, CABG, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
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Heart Bypass Surgery - Series: Procedure, part 2
Coronary bypass surgery is an open heart surgery (the chest is opened, but not the heart itself). It is done through an opening through the breast bone. While one surgeon is working on the chest, another surgeon works on taking a length of vein (saphenous vein) for the bypass through a long incision along the inside of the lower leg. The vein is sewn in above and below the blockage in the coronary artery. Alternatively, an artery from the interior aspect of the chest wall (internal mammary artery), or the arm (radial artery) is used
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- Heart, Front View
- Posterior Heart Arteries
- Atherosclerosis
- Anterior Heart Arteries
- Heart Bypass Surgery - Series
- Normal anatomy
- Indications
- Procedure, part 1
- Procedure, part 2
- Procedure, part 3
- Aftercare
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