aortocoronary bypass

aortocoronary bypass
coronary artery b.

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  • aortocoronary bypass — Surgery in which a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the body is used to make a new path for blood around a blocked artery leading to the heart. This restores the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the heart. Also called coronary… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

  • aortocoronary — Relating to the aorta and the coronary arteries. * * * aor·to·cor·o·nary .ā .ȯrt ə kȯr ə .ner ē, kär adj of, relating to, or joining the aorta and the coronary arteries <aortocoronary bypass surgery> * * * aor·to·cor·o·nary (a or″to …   Medical dictionary

  • Bypass — An operation in which a surgeon creates a new tubular pathway for the movement of fluids and/or other substances in the body. * * * 1. A shunt or auxiliary flow. 2. To create new flow from one structure to another through a diversionary channel.… …   Medical dictionary

  • Coronary artery bypass surgery — Heart bypass redirects here. For the technique to take over the function of the heart and lungs during surgery, see Cardiopulmonary bypass. Coronary artery bypass surgery Intervention Early in a coronary artery bypass sur …   Wikipedia

  • coronary artery bypass — CAB. Surgery in which a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the body is used to make a new path for blood around a blocked artery leading to the heart. This restores the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the heart. Also called CAB and… …   English dictionary of cancer terms

  • coronary bypass — n a surgical bypass operation performed to shunt blood around an obstruction in a coronary artery that usu. involves grafting one end of a segment of vein (as of the saphenous vein) removed from another part of the body into the aorta and the… …   Medical dictionary

  • ACBG — aortocoronary bypass graft …   Medical dictionary

  • ACBG — • aortocoronary bypass graft …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

  • Pontage aorto-coronarien — Pour les articles homonymes, voir PAC …   Wikipédia en Français

  • CABG — Pontage aorto coronarien Pour les articles homonymes, voir PAC …   Wikipédia en Français

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