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Chapter 2
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Cardiovascular Care
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Surgery
CABG recommended for patients
with obstructive CAD whose survival
will benefit compared to medical
therapy or PCI. In addition, other
How CABG is Performed
CABG surgery circumvents an occluded coronary artery by using a segment of the saphenous vein, radial artery, or
internal mammary artery to restore blood flow to the heart.
Greater
saphenous
vein
(donor
vein)
Greater
saphenous
vein graft
Donor
vein
Sutures
patients with angina refractory
to medical therapy may receive a
recommendation for CABG if PCI
cannot be performed. The procedure
involves the construction of one or
more grafts between the arterial and
coronary circulations.