Title: Management after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
Abstract: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the commonest cardiac operation performed. Its purpose is to relieve angina and help prevent myocardial infarction by bypassing narrowed or occluded coronary arteries. This is done by suturing a pedicled arterial graft (such as a left internal mammary artery [LIMA]) or a free graft (such as a segment of saphenous vein or a radial artery) to the affected coronary artery downstream from the lesion. A pedicled LIMA brings its blood supply with it from the subclavian artery. A free graft needs to be joined to a nearby source of oxygenated arterial blood, usually the ascending aorta.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-03-13
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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