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Surgical therapy of ischemic coronary artery disease achieved by grafting a section of saphenous vein, internal mammary artery, or other substitute between the aorta and the obstructed coronary artery distal to the obstructive lesion.
Entry Term(s)
Aortocoronary Bypass
Bypass Surgery, Coronary Artery
Bypass, Coronary Artery
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
NLM Classification #
WG 169
Previous Indexing
Coronary Disease/surgery (1966-1971)
Coronary Vessels/surgery (1966-1971)
Myocardial Infarct/surgery (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note
90; was AORTOCORONARY BYPASS 1973-89
Online Note
use CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS to search AORTOCORONARY BYPASS 1972-89 (Prov 1972)
Surgical therapy of ischemic coronary artery disease achieved by grafting a section of saphenous vein, internal mammary artery, or other substitute between the aorta and the obstructed coronary artery distal to the obstructive lesion.