Bypass Surgery
Coronary Bypass Surgery
By creating a new pathway to the heart, coronary bypass surgery improves blood flow to your heart muscle. During coronary bypass surgery, a healthy blood vessel is taken from your leg, arm or chest and connected to the other arteries in your heart so that blood bypasses the diseased or blocked area.
Coronary bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery used to treat one or more dangerous blockages in the heart arteries. If you have been recommended for, or have undergone, the surgery, it is because blockages in your heart arteries have been found to be restricting the flow of oxygenated blood to the heart. These blockages can cause symptoms such as chest pain (angina), fatigue, shortness of breath and nausea, among others. These blockages can also cause a heart attack or other damage to the heart muscle.
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