2007-09-20 20:00:54 · 5 answers · asked by harshad150273 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
The second answer is close to correct.
The term open-heart surgery generally refers to an operation in which the heart-lung machine is used to support the patient’s circulation while the surgeon opens and makes changes to the heart.
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage") is usually performed as open-heart surgery, although in some cases it has been done by slowing the pulse and grafting the bypasses by making the stitches between heartbeats, eliminating the need for a heart-lung machine.
Open-heart surgery is also used for valve repair surgery and heart transplants.
See
http://heart.health.ivillage.com/heartgeneral/open-heartsurgery2.cfm
for further details.
2007-09-20 21:26:56 · answer #1 · answered by zman492 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-19 23:05:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
open heart surgery is opening the chest cavity to operate on the heart.
bypass surgery is the same, but working on the arteries that feed the heart.
2007-09-20 20:20:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone mentioned the heart lung machine which reminds me that in the 2000 year old man, Mel Brooks says liquid Prell is a more important invention than the heart lung machine. and you can't fault his explanation.
2007-09-20 21:36:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2005/06/06/focus1.html?t=printable
2007-09-20 20:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋