Definition

1. Noun:
   • A surgical procedure for coronary artery disease: CABG is a major surgical operation performed on the heart. It involves taking a healthy blood vessel from another part of the patient's body (like the chest, leg, or arm) and grafting it to create a new pathway for blood to flow around a blocked or narrowed coronary artery. This restores adequate blood supply to the heart muscle.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The patient underwent a successful CABG to treat severe blockages in three arteries.
  • After his heart attack, his doctor recommended a CABG as the best long-term solution.
  • Recovery from CABG surgery typically requires several weeks of rehabilitation.

Advanced Usage

• "CABG surgery": The full term often used to specify the procedure.
  • The hospital is renowned for its high success rate in CABG surgery.
• "to undergo a CABG": A common phrasing for having the operation.
  • He had to undergo a CABG after medication failed to improve his condition.

Variants and Related Words

• Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): The full, formal name of the procedure. "CABG" is the standard acronym.
• Bypass surgery: A common informal term for CABG.
  • My grandfather had bypass surgery last year.
• Heart bypass: Another common informal term.
• Graft (noun): Refers to the section of blood vessel used in the surgery.
  • The surgeon used a vein from his leg as the graft.

Synonyms

• Bypass surgery: The most common synonym in general use.
• Coronary artery bypass surgery: A more descriptive synonym.
• Heart bypass surgery: A layperson's synonym.

Related Phrases

• Triple/quadruple bypass: Terms specifying the number of coronary arteries bypassed during a single CABG procedure.
  • He needed a triple bypass due to multiple blockages.
• CABG patient: A person who has undergone this surgery.
  • As a CABG patient, he follows a strict cardiac rehabilitation program.

Noun

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