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.(National Library of Medicine).