Open heart surgery

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Open heart surgery
TermOpen heart surgery
Short definitionany operation in which the heart is stopped temporarily and a machine is used to take over its function of pumping blood throughout the body
TypeMedical term
SpecialtyGeneral
LanguageEnglish
SourceAMA
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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)==