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MSH: Surgical therapy of ischemic coronary artery disease achieved by grafting a section of saphenous vein, internal mammary artery, or other substitute between the aorta and the obstructed coronary artery distal to the obstructive lesion.,CSP: surgical procedure creating a bridge between the ascending aorta and one or more of the three major coronary arteries, distal to an obstructive lesion, using autologous tissue transplanted from the saphenous vein.,NCI: Surgery in which a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the body is used to make a new path for blood around a blocked artery leading to the heart. This restores the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the heart.,NCI: Surgery performed to bypass partially or completely occluded coronary arteries, thereby increasing the blood supply of the heart.,MEDLINEPLUS: <p>If you have <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/coronaryarterydisease.html'>coronary artery disease</a> (CAD), the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart muscle become h
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