OPEN-HEART SURGERY - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open and surgery to fix a heart valve or repair a coronary artery is performed while the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine

	Websites:

	See Also:	CABG, coronary artery bypass graft, coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery, heart surgery

Products Dictionary

	Definition:	Open Heart Surgery Open Heart Surgery more details ...

Medical Dictionary

	Definition:	Opening the heart to operate on its structures. See Cardiopulmonary bypass.