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2. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Arteries have a superior long-term patency (expandedness), but veins are more commonly used due to their practicality. [40] Arterial grafts originate from the part of the internal thoracic artery (ITA) that runs near the edge of sternum, and can easily be mobilized and anastomosed to the native target vessel of the heart. The left artery is ...

3. Atherosclerosis: What Men Need to Know About Plaque Buildup ...

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   Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG): A bypass surgery improves blood flow to your heart by taking another blood vessel from somewhere else in your body and using it to create a new passage for ...

4. Left anterior descending artery - Wikipedia

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   Widow maker is an alternative name for the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery. [9] [3] The name widow maker may also apply to the left coronary artery [10] or severe occlusions to that artery. [11] [12] This term is used because the left main coronary and/or the left anterior descending supply blood to large areas of ...

5. Reperfusion therapy - Wikipedia

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   Reperfusion therapy is a medical treatment to restore blood flow, either through or around, blocked arteries, typically after a heart attack (myocardial infarction (MI)). Reperfusion therapy includes drugs and surgery. The drugs are thrombolytics and fibrinolytics used in a process called thrombolysis.

6. 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.

7. Angioplasty - Wikipedia

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   Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome leading to stroke is a serious complication of carotid artery angioplasty with stenting. [27] Angioplasty may also provide a less durable treatment for atherosclerosis and be more prone to restenosis relative to vascular bypass or coronary artery bypass grafting. [28]

8. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt recovering from heart surgery ... - AOL

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   Stitt, 51, underwent intravenous surgery on Friday to repair a blockage in a main artery of his heart. Abegail Cave, the governor's spokesperson, said doctors repaired the blockage with a stent.

9. 'I Almost Died of a Severe Artery Blockage—This Is the Sign ...

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