Heart bypass or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced cabbage) is a surgery that may become necessary when the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart muscle become hardened and narrowed. This procedure treats blocked heart arteries by using arteries or veins from other parts of the body, called grafts, to create new passages for blood to flow to the heart muscle.

This measure reports infections at individual hospitals as a result of having a heart bypass (CABG) procedure. 

• CDPHE Annual Report
  
  This report contains data related to hospital-acquired infections that occurred as a result of the following procedures: central lines in adults and neonates, total/partial hip replacements, total/partial knee replacements and coronary artery bypass grafts. This report contains data for infections that occurred between the reporting period of August 1, 2007 through July 31, 2008.
  
  CDPHE 2009 Annual Report