heart surgery

/hɑrt ˌsʌrdʒəri/

Definitions of heart surgery

1. noun

   any surgical procedure involving the heart
   types:

   closed-heart surgery

   heart surgery in which a small incision is made (the chest cavity is not opened)

   open-heart surgery

   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

   CABG, coronary artery bypass graft, coronary bypass, coronary bypass surgery

   open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart

   port-access coronary bypass surgery

   heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine

   minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery

   heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed on the beating heart by the use of small instruments and cameras threaded through small incisions

   type of:

   operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

   a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body