Off-pump surgery is performed on the beating heart with the help of heart stabilizers, On- Pump surgery is performed on the arrested heart. The Heart-Lung machine helps the pumping of blood temporarily till surgery is over.
What is CABG?
CABG is a procedure in which a surgeon removes a vessel from another part of the body (chest or leg).
Vessel is then implanted above and below the blocked artery.
Allows blood to ``bypass`` the blockage and flow into the heart muscle.