Does heart bypass operation need to open sternum

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With the continuous improvement of living standards, science and technology are also in constant progress, just like the more serious heart disease, now there are treatments that can be solved, such as heart bypass surgery. Let's talk about whether heart bypass surgery needs sternotomy.

Does heart bypass operation need to open sternum

First, coronary artery bypass grafting is to build a channel between the proximal and distal end of coronary artery stenosis, so that blood can bypass the stenosis and reach the distal end, just as a bridge makes the road across mountains and rivers unimpeded. However, the material used is not reinforced concrete, but its own great saphenous vein, internal mammary artery, right gastroepiploic artery, radial artery, inferior epigastric artery, etc.

Second: bypass surgery, as the name suggests, is to take the patient's own blood vessels (such as the internal thoracic artery, the great saphenous vein of the lower limbs, etc.) or vascular substitutes, connect the distal end of the stenotic coronary artery with the aorta, let the blood flow through the stenotic part to reach the ischemic part, improve the blood supply of the myocardium, so as to relieve the symptoms of angina pectoris and improve the heart function.

Third: this kind of operation is called coronary artery bypass grafting, which is to establish a smooth path between the aortic root full of arterial blood and ischemic myocardium. Therefore, some people call it "bridge" on the heart, commonly known as "bypass". Because of the great injury and high technical requirements of artery bypass grafting, the operation is more difficult, but the long-term effect is better than that of saphenous vein, which is suitable for young patients.

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Therefore, once it is decided to use bypass surgery to achieve the purpose of treatment of disease, then sternotomy is necessary, which is a necessary step in the operation, but patients do not need to worry too much, and they will be under general anesthesia at that time.