Definition of "revascularization"

(surgery) The restoration of a blood supply to an organ or limb, as:

1. Vascular surgery or vascular interventional radiology, such as coronary artery bypass graft or percutaneous coronary intervention (coronary angioplasty).  examples

2. Neovascularization forming a collateral circulation (eg, neoangiogenesis, angiogenesis, vasculogenesis).  examples