Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a surgical revascularisation procedure that restores blood supply to the myocardium by routing it around segments of coronary artery narrowed or occluded by atherosclerotic plaque. In coronary artery disease, plaque accumulation limits perfusion and can cause angina, breathl…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 5 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 17× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2329-9487 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a surgical revascularisation procedure that restores blood supply to the myocardium by routing it around segments of coronary artery narrowed or occluded by atherosclerotic plaque. In coronary artery disease, plaque accumulation limits perfusion and can cause angina, breathlessness, ischaemia, and myocardial infarction. During CABG the surgeon harvests a conduit, commonly the internal mammary (thoracic) artery, radial artery, or saphenous vein, and anastomoses it so that oxygenated blood bypasses the diseased segment and reaches the ischaemic territory beyond it. The operation may be performed with cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest or as off-pump surgery on the beating heart, and blood-conservation strategies such as acute normovolemic hemodilution are used to reduce transfusion. CABG is generally favoured for left main disease, multivessel disease, and chronic total occlusions, and is weighed against percutaneous coronary intervention according to lesion complexity, comorbidity, and ventricular function. Anatomical variation in the left coronary artery and its branches influences both grafting and catheter-based approaches. Outcomes depend on graft patency, completeness of revascularisation, and perioperative management, with long-term care directed at secondary prevention, risk-factor control, and surveillance for graft failure and disease progression.

Research published in this journal

5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

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The 5 articles above have been cited 17 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Hypertension and Cardiology (ISSN 2329-9487).

Journal editorial board
Hatori Nobuo · Japan Gregor Leibundgut · Switzerland Yuejin Li · United States

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