Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), also called coronary artery bypass surgery, is a surgical procedure that treats coronary artery disease by rerouting blood flow around a blocked or narrowed coronary artery using a graft taken from another blood vessel in the patient's body. The modern era of the operation began in 1964, when Soviet cardiac surgeon Vasilii Kolesov performed the first successful internal thoracic artery to coronary artery anastomosis, establishing the direct arterial bypass technique that underlies the procedure today. CABG remains one of the most common major cardiac surgeries performed worldwide for advanced coronary artery disease.
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Coronary artery bypass grafting is a standard surgical treatment for coronary artery disease.
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Coronary artery bypass surgery, also called coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart.
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The modern era of CABG began in 1964, when Soviet cardiac surgeon Vasilii Kolesov performed the first successful internal thoracic artery-coronary artery anastomosis.
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