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  2. Vascular bypass - Wikipedia

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    In the legs, bypass grafting is used to treat peripheral vascular disease, acute limb ischemia, aneurysms and trauma.While there are many anatomical arrangements for vascular bypass grafts in the lower extremities depending on the location of the disease, the principle is the same: to restore blood flow to an area without normal flow.

  3. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of a typical coronary artery bypass surgery. A vein from the leg is removed and grafted to the coronary artery to bypass a blockage at LAD. Coronary artery bypass surgery during mobilization (freeing) of the right coronary artery from its surrounding adipose tissue (yellow).

  4. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) quadr(i)-four Latin quattuor: quadriceps: radi-radiation Latin radiō, I radiate, emit beams; from radius, ray of light, spoke of a wheel radiowave: radic-referring to the beginning, or the root, of a structure, usually a nerve or a vein Latin rādīx, root radiculopathy: re-again, back Latin re ...

  5. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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    MICS CABG allows utilization of the left internal mammary artery (IMA; aka left internal thoracic artery, left ITA) to bypass the left anterior descending artery (LAD), which is termed as left IMA-LAD, as a preferable anastomosis whenever indicated and technically feasible (Loop et al.) and has been proven to benefit in event free survival ...

  6. Vessel harvesting - Wikipedia

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    To create the bypass graft, a surgeon will remove or "harvest" healthy blood vessels from another part of the body, either arteries from an arm or the chest, or veins from a leg. [1] This vessel becomes a graft , with one end attaching to a blood source above and the other end below the blocked area, creating a "conduit" channel or new blood ...

  7. List of medical abbreviations: C - Wikipedia

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    Meaning c̅ (c with an overbar) with (from Latin cum) means with C: cytosine cervical vertebrae: C1: atlas – first cervical vertebra of the spine C2: axis – second cervical vertebra of the spine CA: carcinoma cancer: Ca: calcium carcinoma cancer: CAA: coronary artery aneurysm: c/b: complicated by: CABG: coronary artery bypass graft ...

  8. Internal thoracic artery - Wikipedia

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    The internal thoracic artery (ITA), also known as the internal mammary artery, is an artery that supplies the anterior chest wall and the breasts. [1] It is a paired artery, with one running along each side of the sternum , to continue after its bifurcation as the superior epigastric and musculophrenic arteries .

  9. Vein graft failure - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, vein graft failure (VGF) is a condition in which vein grafts, which are used as alternative conduits in bypass surgeries (e.g. CABG), get occluded. Veins, mainly the great saphenous vein (GSV) are the most frequently used conduits in bypass surgeries ( CABG or PABG), due to their ease of use and availability. [ 1 ]