Definitions for "Coronary artery bypass grafting"
Often called CABG or "cabbage" surgery; the doctor uses veins or arteries from other parts of the body to help blood flow around a blockage in your heart.
An operation in which a section of vein or artery is used to bypass a blockage in a coronary artery; performed to prevent myocardial infarction (heart attack) and to relieve angina.
The surgical procedure to treat narrowing or " stenosis" of the coronary arteries is called coronary artery bypass or CABG (pronounced "cabbage"). To accomplish this, cardiothoracic surgeons create bypasses around the obstructions in the coronary arteries with arteries or veins from elsewhere in the body to improve blood flow to the heart.