![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107221508im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107221508im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif)
| Surgery in which a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the body is used to make a new path for blood around a blocked artery leading to the heart. This restores the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the heart. Also called aortocoronary bypass and coronary artery bypass. |
Previous Definitions: | c-ABL, c-erbB-2, c-kit receptor, CA 19-9 assay, CA-125 | Next Definitions: | cachexia, CAD, cadmium, caffeine, calcification |
|
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107221508im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) |