heart surgery

Noun
  1. Any surgical procedure involving the heart (synset 100676462)
    is a type of: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
    subtypes:
    • closed-heart surgery - heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened)
    • open-heart surgery - 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

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