When a patient has coronary artery disease that requires more intensive treatment than an intervention such as angiography or stent, a physician might perform a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). To perform a CABG, the physician harvests healthy veins or arteries from other areas of the body and grafts them into the coronary arteries to allow blood flow to bypass blockages. Patients may require multiple grafts – three to five are fairly common. You’ll need to [...]
