Category | Heart and Vascular Surgery |
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery is a procedure used to treat coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease is the narrowing of the coronary arteries – the blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscle.One way to treat the blocked or narrowed arteries is to bypass the blocked portion of the coronary artery with a piece of a healthy blood vessel from elsewhere in your body.While the traditional "open heart" procedure is still commonly done and often preferred in many situations, less invasive techniques have been developed to bypass blocked coronary arteries.