open-heart surgery

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 100676783)
    is a type of: heart surgery - any surgical procedure involving the heart
    subtypes: 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

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