Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery is a procedure that restores blood flow to your heart muscle by diverting the flow of blood around a section of a blocked artery in your heart. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery uses a healthy blood vessel taken from your leg, arm, chest or abdomen and connects it to the other arteries in your heart so that blood is bypassed around the diseased or blocked area. After a Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery, blood flow to your heart is improved. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery is just one option to treat heart disease.

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery improves symptoms, such as chest pain and shortness of breath due to poor blood flow to the heart. In some situations, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery may improve your heart function and reduce your risk of dying of heart disease.

Diagnostic tests prior to (and after) CABG include the electrocardiogram (ECG), stress test, echocardiogram and coronary angiography.