coronary artery bypass
noun
variants:
or coronary bypass
or coronary artery bypass graft
or coronary artery bypass grafting
or coronary bypass graft
or coronary bypass grafting
Definition of coronary artery bypass
: a surgical procedure performed to shunt blood around a narrowing or blockage in the coronary artery of the heart that usually involves grafting one end of a segment of blood vessel (such as a vein of the leg) removed from another part of the body into the aorta and the other end of the segment into the coronary artery beyond the obstructed area to allow for increased blood flow
—often followed by the word surgery or operation The artery-dilating procedure, which uses a balloon or other device guided to the restricted artery by a cardiac catheter, is less invasive and traumatic than coronary artery bypass surgery.— Andrew Skolnick
Note: When more than one coronary artery or branch is bypassed, the number of times (double, triple, etc.) is often specified.
a quadruple coronary bypass —abbreviation CABGExamples of coronary artery bypass in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Nationally, the average prescription filled for a coronary artery bypass was 49 pills in 2016 and had changed little since 2011, the analysis shows. — STAT, "While addiction crisis raged, many surgeons overprescribed opioids, analysis shows," 21 June 2019 In 1960, a team of surgeons in New York led by Robert Goetz performed the first successful clinical coronary artery bypass surgery, piggybacking off experimental procedures perfected in dogs during the 1950s. — Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, "Once scary, heart bypass surgery has become common and safer," 6 Mar. 2018 According to the International Federation of Health Plans, the average cost of a coronary artery bypass graft surgery in 2013 was $75,345 in the U.S. but only $36,509 in Switzerland and $15,742 in the Netherlands. — Karen Kaplan, latimes.com, "With healthcare, it's not what you spend but how you spend it," 13 Mar. 2018 The new program provides advanced cardiac treatment options, including coronary artery bypass graft surgery and heart valve surgery. — Jennifer Michelle Greenberg, Houston Chronicle, "Memorial Hermann Southeast expands cancer, cardiac services," 18 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'coronary artery bypass.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more