What is this specific heart surgery called? And what is involved as much info as possible

His heart has three blocked arteries, they will be taking part of an ankle vien to aid in the surgery.

just found this too. Your info and this is painting part of the picture thanks!

http://www.cts.usc.edu/hpg-minimallyinva...

CABG (coronary artery bypass graft)- 3 blocked arteries (Left Circumflex artery, Right Coronary artery and left Anterior Descending artery) meaning that he has triple vessel disease.


The terms single bypass, double bypass, triple bypass, quadruple bypass and quintuple bypass refer to the number of coronary arteries bypassed in the procedure. In other words, a double bypass means two coronary arteries are bypassed (e.g. the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery and right coronary artery (RCA)); a triple bypass means three vessels are bypassed (e.g. LAD, RCA, left circumflex artery (LCX)); a quadruple bypass means four vessels are bypassed (e.g. LAD, RCA, LCX, first diagonal artery of the LAD) while quintuple means five. Less commonly more than four coronary arteries may be bypassed.

The surgeon reviews the coronary angiogram prior to surgery and identifies the lesions (or "blockages") in the coronary arteries. The surgeon will estimate the number of bypass grafts prior to surgery, but the final decision is made in the operating room upon examination of the heart

as for the ankle vein that you mentioned, it is great saphenous vein which is often removed by cardiac surgeons and used for autotransplantation in coronary artery bypass operations, when arterial grafts are not available or many grafts are required, such as in a triple bypass or quadruple bypass.

CABG: coronary artery bypass graft
it is performed by taking either the great saphanous vein of the leg or mammary veins to bypass the blockages and restore blood flow to the heart

CABG We call it cabbage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CABG