Definition

1. Noun:
   • A surgical procedure for heart disease: A "coronary bypass" is a major surgical operation performed on the heart. During this surgery, a healthy blood vessel from another part of the patient's body is connected to the coronary artery. This creates a new pathway for blood to flow around a blocked or narrowed section of the artery, improving blood supply to the heart muscle.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • After his heart attack, the doctor recommended a coronary bypass to restore proper blood flow.
  • The success rate for a coronary bypass surgery is very high.
  • Recovery from a coronary bypass can take several weeks.

Advanced Usage

• "to undergo a coronary bypass": to have this surgical procedure performed.
  • The patient had to undergo a coronary bypass last month.
• "coronary bypass surgery": the full term for the medical operation (Note: This is a compound term listed separately as per instructions).
  • Coronary bypass surgery is a common treatment for severe coronary artery disease.

Variants and Related Words

• Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): The full medical term for the procedure, often used interchangeably with "coronary bypass."
  • The technical name for the operation is a coronary artery bypass graft.
• Bypass surgery: A more general term that can refer to this or similar procedures.
  • He is scheduled for bypass surgery next week.

Synonyms

• Heart bypass: A common informal synonym.
• CABG: The standard medical acronym.

Related Phrases

• Double/triple/quadruple bypass: These terms specify the number of coronary arteries that are bypassed during a single surgical procedure.
  • The surgeon performed a triple bypass to address multiple blockages.

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