A 38-year-old member asked:
define native artery graft?
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Dr. Orlando Puente answered
Vascular Surgery 41 years experience
Artery from your bod: Ex your radial artery is sometimes used for heart bypass thata rtery is taken from your arm and used in the chest as a heart artery, so you use one of your native artyeries as a conduit for something else that need the blood supply.
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Dr. David Fertel answered
Vascular Surgery 35 years experience
Native artery is the: Native arteries are the arteries you were born with. A graft is something that is surgically placed.
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