Noun: coronary artery bypass graft
- Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart
"The patient's condition improved significantly after coronary artery bypass graft surgery";
- coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery, CABG
Derived forms: coronary artery bypass grafts
Type of: open-heart surgery
Encyclopedia: Coronary artery bypass graft