Heart Bypass Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease

Heart bypass surgery, formally known as coronary artery bypass grafting, comes from the English coronary artery bypass grafting, commonly abbreviated as CABG. Heart bypass surgery is now medically recognized as the most effective medical treatment for severe coronary artery disease. There are 3 basic approaches in the treatment of coronary heart disease: medication, stenting, and bypass surgery. If the coronary artery is the only highway in the heart, coronary artery disease is a “traffic blockage” on this highway, and if this blockage is not cleared, this only highway will be paralyzed. Then there are three solutions: