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Coronary bypass surgery

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Coronary bypass surgery
A surgical procedure which places a shunt to allow blood to travel from the aorta to a branch of the coronary artery at a point past an obstruction.


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The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals for Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success study examined the performance of 970 hospitals by analyzing clinical outcomes for patients diagnosed with heart failure and heart attacks and for those who received coronary bypass surgery and angioplasties.
His personal experience with coronary bypass surgery propelled his search for a root cause for the loss of taste phenomenon, reports principal investigator Artin Shoukas, Ph.
Richardson had received a pacemaker in November after undergoing coronary bypass surgery in October 2002.
 
 
 
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