Detour to a Healthier Heart Coronary artery bypass graft surgery,
more commonly known as CABG, creates a new pathway around
the blocked portion of your artery. This restore adequete
blood flow to the heart muscle. If you have more than
one blocked artery, multiple bypasses may be necessary.
This decision will be made between your Cardiologist
and Heart Surgeon, however the exact number of bypasses
can usually not be determined until the surgery is performed.
Bypass Vessels A blood vessel, or graft, may be
taken from your chest or leg and attached to your blocked
coronary artery. The grafts most often used are the
internal mammary arteries along the inside of the chest
wall, the radial arteries in the arms, and the saphenous
veins in the legs (these arteries and veins can be used
to make several bypasses). Removing any of these for
use in Bypass surgery is not harmful.
Your blocked artery is bypassed
with a vessel taken form another
part of your body. This allows
blood to flow to your heart. This
allows blood to flow to the area that
was lacking a good blood supply.
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