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By Mayo Clinic staffCoronary bypass surgery is a procedure that restores blood flow to your heart muscle by diverting the flow of blood around a section of a blocked artery in your heart. Coronary bypass surgery uses a healthy blood vessel taken from your leg, arm, chest or abdomen and connects it to the other arteries in your heart so that blood is bypassed around the diseased or blocked area. After a coronary bypass surgery, normal blood flow is restored. Coronary bypass surgery is just one option to treat heart disease.
Coronary bypass surgery can help reduce your risk of having a heart attack. For many people who have coronary bypass surgery, symptoms such as chest pain and shortness of breath are reduced after having the surgery.
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