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Definition of Heart massage
1. Noun. An emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest.
Generic synonyms: Emergency Procedure, Massage
Group relationships: Cardiac Resuscitation, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Cpr, Kiss Of Life, Mouth-to-mouth Resuscitation
Medical Definition of Heart massage
1. Rhythmic compression of the heart by pressure applied manually over the sternum (closed heart massage) or directly to the heart through an opening in the chest wall (open heart massage). It is done to reinstate and maintain circulation. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heart Massage
Literary usage of Heart massage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1920)
"If heart massage be contemplated, it should be commenced certainly within five
minutes of cardiac arrest. I should personally be inclined to resort to ..."
2. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"The Role of heart massage in Surgery with Reference to Case Resuscitated ...
In concluding his paper he says : heart massage is an established method of ..."
3. Kirkes' Handbook of Physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes, Charles Wilson Greene (1922)
"This so-called indirect heart massage, which will be more emphasized later, is
a valuable stimulant to a failing heart.' Artificial respiration should be ..."
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