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coronary bypass

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Noun1.coronary bypass - open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart
CABG, coronary artery bypass graft, coronary bypass surgery
open-heart surgery - heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired


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Statistics show Indigenous people have a 40% lower rate of being investigated and having angiography and a 20% lower rate of coronary bypass surgery.
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