CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coronary artery bypass graft mean? 

• CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (noun)
  The noun CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT has 1 sense:

1. open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart

  Familiarity information: CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

CABG; coronary artery bypass graft; coronary bypass; coronary bypass surgery

Hypernyms ("coronary artery bypass graft" is a kind of...):

open-heart surgery (heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired)

 Context examples 

The placement of an angioplasty guide wire, balloon, or other device (e.g. stent, atherectomy, brachytherapy, or thrombectomy catheter) into a native coronary artery or coronary artery bypass graft for the purpose of mechanical coronary revascularization.

(Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, NCI Thesaurus)

History of a first-degree relative (less than 55 years for male relatives or less than 65 years for female relatives) having had any of the following: coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, percutaneous coronary intervention, or sudden cardiac death without obvious cause.

(Family History of Coronary Artery Disease, NCI Thesaurus)