Definition of "revascularization" [revascularization]

• The restoration of a blood supply to an organ or limb (noun)

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• "For example, a 2005 study found African-American cardiac patients were less likely than whites to receive a lifesaving procedure called revascularization, where doctors restore the flow of oxygen to the heart."
• "The drug did not result in a statistically significant reduction in the first occurrence of any component of the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, recurrent ischemia and urgent coronary revascularization, when added to the standard of care."
• "I am a doctor, and even things as 'routine' as a lap chole or a hernia repair or a revascularization procedure have so many variables that each patient is unique in the benefit that they may received from the procedure and what the procedure will entail for them and the complications they may face."