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View synonyms for coronary bypass

coronary bypass

noun

  1. the surgical revascularization of the heart, using healthy blood vessels of the patient, performed to circumvent obstructed coronary vessels and improve blood flow.


coronary bypass

noun

  1. the surgical bypass of a narrowed or blocked coronary artery by grafting a section of a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the patient's body
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This devoted and daring sportsman — he also founded Outside magazine — had a triple coronary bypass, valve replacement and hip surgery that year.

He has had two coronary bypass surgeries but remains robust and sharp witted.

In early January, doctors performed coronary bypass surgery.

From Salon

In 2004, Mr. Clinton, who has a family history of heart disease, underwent quadruple coronary bypass surgery at a hospital in New York.

He had a toe amputated because of circulatory troubles related to diabetes and underwent coronary bypass surgery in 1989.

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