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Arterial Coronary Bypass Surgery
Coronary Bypass Surgery (CABG) is one of the most commonly performed operation in the world.
The first CABG was performed way back in 1964 and since then extensive research and continuous progression in understanding of the subject and improvement in technologies has taken place which has made this operation absolutely safe, when required.
CABG is the surgical treatment of coronary artery disease and is supported by the extensive clinical experience, scientific research and ever evolving technologies. As coronary artery disease is threatening to become epidemic, by 2020 it is going to be the no.1 killer disease.
Unfortunately in Asia, particularly in Indian sub-continent this disease is occurring at very early age and involving even females who were previously considered comparatively immune to this disease.
One of the biggest drawbacks of any modality of treatment of coronary artery disease is the recurrence of disease. We are continuously in search of treatment which can delay reoccurrence of disease.
One of the important contributions in this field is use of arterial grafts for bypass surgery. As with extensive clinical experience it has been found that left internal mammary artery which when anastmosed to LAD (most important artery of the heart) it doesn’t get block in more than 85% of patients for 20 years. Taking clue from these results, we have started doing all arterial CABG, especially for patients who are young, so that he can live a longer intervention free life. Total arterial CABG is technically demanding and should be performed by professionals specially trained for this procedure. Besides you require excellent infrastructure, good anaesthesia, cardiology and other related sub-speciality back-up, preferably under the same roof.
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