Capacity describes your ability to do something or the amount something can hold. If your bird cage is at full capacity, you can't stuff one more feathered friend in there without causing birdie claustrophobia. From the Latin word capacitatem meaning âbreadth, capacity,â capacity is a noun that in the simplest sense means ability or capability: the capability of a room to hold a certain number of people, the ability of a law to change crime rates, your ability to pick up foreign languages.
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. CABG (pronounced cabbage) is coronary artery bypass graft. Coronary Artery Bypass GraftCABG (pronounced cabbage) is coronary artery bypass graft.
Beating heart CABG (BHCABG) surgery, also called off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB), reduces the risks associated with the use of the heart-lung machine. During a beating heart CABG surgery, the heart continues to beat while the surgeon performs the bypass grafts. The surgeon uses a stabilization device to still the small area of the beating heart where the bypass is being grafted. The stabilization device utilizes small suction pods that gently attach to the surface of the heart.