- aortocoronary bypass
- coronary artery b.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
aortocoronary bypass
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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
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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
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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
