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open-heart surgery
[oh-puhn-hahrt]
noun
surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
open-heart surgery
noun
surgical repair of the heart during which the blood circulation is often maintained mechanically
open-heart surgery
Surgery in which the thoracic cavity is opened to expose the heart and the blood is recirculated and oxygenated by a heart-lung machine.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of open-heart surgery1
Example Sentences
Doctors in Jordan performed successful open-heart surgery on Niveen, and she was slowly beginning to recover.
I was recovering from open-heart surgery, menopause was looming and I was losing a sense of purpose.
They include 16-year-old Georgina Smith from Hertfordshire, who is waiting for open-heart surgery to repair a valve on her right side which doesn’t close properly.
Doctors recommended Paul undergo open-heart surgery as soon as possible.
They often need open-heart surgery and feeding and breathing tubes.
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