Best hospitals and doctors for Heart Bypass - Minimally Invasive CABG in Chennai - Madras, India

It is a surgical procedure to restore normal blood and oxygen circulation to the heart bypassing the blocked coronary artery.

This is done in two ways.

1. One in which the left internal thoracic artery is diverted to the left anterior descending branch of the left coronary artery.
2. Another one in which a great saphenous vein is taken from a leg generally or from any other part and one end is attached to the aorta or one of its major branches, and the other end is attached to the obstructed artery immediately after the obstruction to restore blood flow.

May include:

• Chest pain
• Irregular heartbeat
• Breathlessness
• Heart attack
• Unconsciousness
• Palpitation
• Fast exhaust