Blood travels around the body in tubes called arteries, veins or capillaries Arteries carry ... The pulmonary circuit transports blood to the lungs. The blood is oxygenated there and then carried ...

A healthy artery in your chest may be used, or veins from your leg can be taken and used to bypass the blockage. In order for your surgeon to obtain the healthy veins, one or two small incisions are ...

In order to get blood to the heart muscle of a by-pass patient more efficiently, surgeons first need to borrow veins or arteries from non-critical areas of the body and then stitch them into the ...