triple bypass
Cardiac detour surgery
Triple bypass is a heart surgery in which three blocked coronary arteries are rerouted using grafted blood vessels, restoring blood flow to the heart muscle.
The number indicates how many arteries are bypassed—single, double, triple, quadruple: He had a triple bypass after his heart attack.
The surgery is major but common, often prompting lifestyle changes afterward.
- heartCirculatory system's pump
- heart attackBlocked blood to muscle
- cardiac arrestAbrupt cessation of circulation
- heart diseaseMalfunction of blood-pumping organ
- surgeryInvasive medical procedure
open heart surgery · cardiac · coronary · arteries · blood vessels · surgeon · operating room · hospital · chest · operation · grafts · veins · recovery · anesthesia · blockage · stents · ICU · life support
- surgeriessurgery, appendectomy, hysterectomy, minor surgery, elective surgery
- heart carecardiac surgery, heart transplant, pacemaker, defibrillator, coronary stent
- heart attacksheart attack, myocardial infarction, infarction, coronary thrombosis, blocked artery
- chest procedurespneumonectomy, lobectomy, thoracotomy, lung transplant, lung biopsy
triple bypassangioplasty
Procedure to widen vessels
balloon angioplasty · medication management · drug therapy · medical management · lifestyle modification
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