Definition of Open-heart surgery

1. Noun. 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.

Generic synonyms: Heart Surgery
Specialized synonyms: Cabg, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Coronary Bypass, Coronary Bypass Surgery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Open-heart Surgery

open-closed principle
open-collar
open-collared
open-door policy
open-end credit
open-end fund
open-end investment company
open-end wrench
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open-eyed
open-face
open-face sandwich
open-faced
open-handed
open-heart surgery (current term)
open-hearted
open-hearth
open-hearth process
open-label trial
open-mid
open-minded
open-mindedly
open-mindedness
open-mouthed
open-pit mine
open-plan
open-side
open-source
open-sourced

Literary usage of Open-heart surgery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System by David H. Gustafson (1998)
"The Open Heart DRG Outcome Improvement Team was established to study the entire system of open heart surgery beginning with the pre-admission plan of care ..."

2. Health Care Technology And Its Assessment In Eight Countries edited by H. David Banta (2004)
"The real problem was that open-heart surgery took place almost exclusively ... If open-heart surgery in these hospitals was to be increased, the financial ..."

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