CORONARY BYPASS


Meaning of CORONARY BYPASS in English

Surgical treatment for coronary heart disease to relieve angina pectoris and prevent heart attack s.

It became widely used in the 1960s. One or more blood vessels

usually an artery in the chest or a vein from the leg

are transplanted to create new paths for blood to flow from the aorta to the heart muscle, bypassing obstructed sections of the coronary arteries.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.