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aortocoronary bypass (ay-OR-toh-KOR-uh-NAYR-ee BY-pass)

 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 CAB and coronary artery bypass.



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