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open-heart surgery

DEFINITIONS OF: open-heart surgery

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n heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired

Types:
CABG, coronary artery bypass graft, coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery
open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart
Type of:
heart surgery
any surgical procedure involving the heart
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