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A patient undergoing coronary artery surgery. The chest has been opened and the heart exposed. A heart-lung machine will take over the vital job of circulating oxygenated blood to the body while the heart is temporarily stopped. During this period, blockages in the coronary arteries will be bypassed using sections of vein taken from the patient's legs.
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A patient with ischaemic heart disease is having the blocked coronary artery bypassed using a section of vein taken from her leg. During the procedure, the circulation of oxygenated blood to the body and brain has been taken over by a heart-lung machine.

Surgery to alleviate the symptoms of coronary artery disease, caused by a blockage in one of the arteries that supply the heart with blood. Part of a blood vessel from another part of the body, usually from the leg or chest, is removed and joined to the blocked coronary artery before and after the blockage, creating a ‘bypass’ for blood to the heart. If more than one artery is blocked double or triple bypass surgery is necessary.
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