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Can you explain coronary artery bypass grafting in easy to understand terms?
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CABG: Coronary bypass is an operation that takes blood vessels from the chest wall or legs and uses them to shunt blood around obstructed heart arteries to get blood downstream from the obstructions. It is called bypass because it bypasses the blocked place in the vessel.
Answered 7/20/2014
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