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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Pediatric Heart Surgery

Health Encyclopedia: Open Heart Surgery

Alternative Names

Heart surgery - open


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Open heart surgery
...Names Heart surgery - open Risks Read more »
Open heart surgery
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Minimally invasive heart surgery
...Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass; MIDCAB; Off-pump coronary artery bypass; OPCAB; Beating heart surgery; Robot assisted coronary artery bypass; RACAB; Keyhole heart surgery Read more »
Open heart surgery
Open heart surgery is any surgery where the chest is openedand surgery is performed on the heart. The term "open" refers to the chest, not the heart itself. The heart may or may... Read more »
Minimally invasive heart surgery
...Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass; MIDCAB; Off-pump coronary artery bypass; OPCAB; Beating heart surgery; Robot assisted coronary artery bypass; RACAB; Keyhole heart surgery ... Read more »

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