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open-heart surgery

  [oh-puhn-hahrt]
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–noun
surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
Origin:
1975–80
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Heart Treatment
Get a 2nd opinion from the Cedars- Sinai heart team. 1-800-CEDARS-1
Cedars-Sinai.edu
Choose a Cardiac Leader.
Loma Linda Heart Institute. Request an Appointment Today.
LomaLindaHealth.org
o·pen-heart surgery   (ō'pən-härt')
n.  Surgery in which the thoracic cavity is opened to expose the heart and the blood is recirculated and oxygenated by a heart-lung machine.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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.
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