It was Monday again. Yan Feifan brought his student, Pan Jichuan, to the Cardiac Surgery Department. He had been assigned to act as Dr. Zhang Shi'an's surgical assistant and learn about coronary artery bypass surgery.
Coronary artery bypass surgery is a common procedure in the Cardiac Surgery Department, used to treat the vascular stenosis associated with coronary heart disease.
It is often compared to the placement of cardiac stents via vascular intervention.
Both are effective surgical methods for treating the blockage and stenosis of coronary arteries.
The interventional placement of a cardiac stent is a minimally invasive surgery that falls under the purview of the Cardiology Department.
The general procedure involves making an incision in the radial artery of the arm or the femoral artery of the thigh. A thin, long catheter is then threaded through the blood vessel into the body.
