Bypass surgery redirects blood through a grafted blood vessel. This bypasses the blood vessel that is damaged. The type of surgery used to treat PAD will depend on the size and location of the ...

Consultant vascular surgeon Ian Nichol, who works at The James Cook University Hospital, saved the leg of Chris Dolan, 50 ...

CABG can often be combined with and performed at the same time as other open-heart surgery, such as repairing or replacing ... oxygenated blood from efficiently reaching your heart. A healthy artery ...

Coronary artery disease, CAD ... difficult for blood and oxygen to reach the muscles of the heart. Coronary bypass surgery is one treatment option to help restore blood flow, when other surgical ...

Leg pain and leg cramps aren’t always an orthopaedic issue: Both can be signs of peripheral artery disease ... to open arteries; surgery to remove blockages; or bypass surgery, in which a ...