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World Heart Day - 2008

by Savitha C Muppala on  Sep 27, 2008
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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)

Coronary artery bypass grafting is an open-heart procedure to relieve the blockages of the arteries of the heart. After a heart attack certain areas of the heart do not receive adequate blood supply and these areas are starved of oxygen and nutrients and this result in areas of the heart that are ischemic. By performing CABG these areas are re-perfused using 'free vein or arterial bypass' that connect the normal areas of the arteries to less perfused areas and 'bypass' the blocked arteries.
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