Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A surgical operation on the heart done though a large incision in the chest.

    Operation am offenen Herzen

    опера́ция на откры́том се́рдцеoperácija na otkrýtom sérdce

More definitions
  • 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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Forms

plural: open-heart surgeries

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