[Description of the two surgical myocardial revascularisation techniques]. / Description des deux techniques de revascularisation myocardique chirurgicale.

A coronary artery bypass involves taking blood vessels from another part of the patient's body to bypass one or several major coronary stenoses. Coronary artery bypass using cardiopulmonary bypass and off-pump coronary artery bypass are the two methods used to revascularise the heart after a myocardial infarction.