Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG)

Since 1970, more than 10,000 patients have undergone coronary artery bypass surgery at BWH. Advanced techniques in coronary revascularization are performed including minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery, coronary endarterectomy, reoperative coronary bypass techniques, transmyocardial laser revascularization, and multiple autologous arterial bypass.

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery, or "CABG," has been traditionally performed with the patient supported on a machine to do the work of the heart and lungs. This allows the bypass grafts to be performed on a still heart. Recently, new technology has been developed that allows coronary artery bypass graft surgery at the new state-of-the-art BWH Shapiro Cardiovascular Center to be performed on the beating heart, eliminating the need for the heart-lung machine in many patients.

Coronary Artery Surgery A Guide for Patients

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