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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
Animation Copyright © 2004 Nucleus Medical Art, Inc. www.nucleusinc.com . You must have QuickTime version 6 or above to view these animations. If you do not already have a QuickTime plug-in installed for your web browser, you will be prompted to install it. Help installing QuickTime is available. References: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The Heart Center at Akron General website. Available at: http://www.agmc.org/hrtcabg.asp Accessed July 7, 2003. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Hendrick Health System website. Available at: http://www.ehendrick.org/healthy/000371.htm . Accessed July 7, 2003. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The University of Chicago Hospitals website. Available at: http://heart.uchospitals.edu/services/coronary-artery-disease/bypass.html . Accessed July 7, 2003. Coronary bypass surgery. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research website. Available at: http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?objectid=1F3E26C0-AD8D-48FA-959F231122FDB7F3 . Accessed July 7, 2003. What are the advantages of off-pump surgery? University of Maryland Medicine website. Available at: http://www.umm.edu/heart/off_pump.html . Accessed July 7, 2003. What is coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)? University of California Davis Medical Center website. Available at: www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/ucdhs/health/a-z/03coronary/doc03cabg.html. Accessed July 7, 2003. Last reviewed August 2007 by J. Peter Oettgen, MD . Animation scheduled for full update. Updated animation will include: 1) Showing the need to cut and close the sternum when opening the chest and closing the chest. Patients may often have tenderness at the site of this incision for some time after the surgery.2) Statement that the artery used in the chest is called the internal mammary artery not the internal thoracic artery. Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Copyright © 2007 EBSCO Publishing All rights reserved.
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