Coronary artery bypass/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Coronary artery bypass.

Surgical therapy of ischemic coronary artery disease achieved by grafting a section of saphenous vein, internal mammary artery, or other substitute between the aorta and the obstructed coronary artery distal to the obstructive lesion.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2023), Coronary artery bypass (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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