Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is the most common type of heart surgery. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) improves blood flow to the heart. Surgeons use CABG to treat people who have severe coronary heart disease (CHD). In this disease, the arteries which supplies the Blood & Oxygen to the heart muscle gets harden & waxy substance also known as Plax builds up. There are some of the Best Cardiologist in India that takes on this surgery. In CABG surgery, the surgeon takes out a healthy Artery (Vein) from the body, mainly from the Leg & one end is grafted to the clogged artery & the other side is attached to Aorta, so as to create a new way for oxygen-rich Blood is frequently flows to the Heart Muscle.
Bypass is done for the following reasons:-
Bypass surgery is performed to improve the blood flow of the heart which has been blocked by plaque (atherosclerosis) or blood clots. The surgery involves taking a piece of (artery or vein) from somewhere else in the body and creates an alternative route or a bypass through the blocked area of coronary artery.
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