Open heart surgery
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| Open heart surgery | |
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| Term | Open heart surgery |
| Short definition | any operation in which the heart is stopped temporarily and a machine is used to take over its function of pumping blood throughout the body |
| Type | Medical term |
| Specialty | General |
| Language | English |
| Source | AMA |
| Comments | |
Open heart surgery (definition) any operation in which the heart is stopped temporarily and a machine is used to take over its function of pumping blood throughout the body
==Open heart surgery (overview)==