Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

In Coronary Artery bypass surgery,a surgeon removes blood vessels from another part of your body like your chest, leg, abdomen or arm to go around, or bypass, a blocked artery. After this, more blood and oxygen can flow to your heart again.A common symptom of Coronary Artery disease is chest pain or discomfort which may travel into the shoulder, arm, back, neck, or jaw.Risk factors are high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, lack of exercise, obesity, high blood cholesterol, poor diet, depression, and excessive alcohol.Ways to reduce CAD risk include healthy diet, regularly exercising, maintaining a healthy weight, and not smoking.In coronary artery disease , the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to your heart muscle grow hardened and narrowed. You can have treatments like lifestyle changes, medicines, and angioplasty, a procedure to open the arteries. If these treatments don’t help, coronary artery bypass surgery is needed.