Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG) : Purpose, Procedure

Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG) : Purpose, Procedure 



Coronary heart disease can lead to a heart attack. 

It can cause a blood clot to form and cut off blood flow. 

Bypass surgery can give your ticker a big health boost.



Bypass surgery treats symptoms of coronary heart disease. 

You may feel things like:



Chest pain, which is known as angina

Irregular heartbeat

Shortness of breath



Bypass surgery

A surgeon removes a blood vessel, called a graft, 

from another part of your body, like your chest, leg, or arm.

 He attaches one end of it to your aorta, 

a large artery that comes out of your heart. 

Then, he attaches the other end to an artery below the blockage.