Heart surgery
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Used for
pericardiotomy, therapeutic heart septum defect
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Broader Terms
cardiovascular surgery, thoracic surgery
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Narrower Terms
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Beating-heart surgery is a way to perform surgery without stopping the heart.
- This new technology is allowing cardiac surgeons to perform select types of heart surgery through very small incisions, and may change the way heart surgery is performed in the future.
- Understanding the benefits and the risks associated with different types of heart surgery is important for all patients.
- This method of heart surgery is the standard approach where the entire rib cage is opened and the heart muscle is fully exposed.
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