Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun coronary_artery_bypass_graft

1 sense of coronary artery bypass graft

Sense 1
coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery, coronary artery bypass graft, CABG -- (open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart)
       => open-heart surgery -- (heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired)