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Heart surgery is any surgical procedure performed on the heart or its major blood vessels.
It ranges from minimally invasive repairs to open-heart operations where the chest is opened and the patient placed on a heart-lung machine: She's recovering from heart surgery.
Common procedures include bypass surgery, valve replacement, and repair of congenital defects.
- valve replacementInstalling new heart flap
- surgical teamMedical professionals performing operations
- by-passRoute avoiding an area
- triple bypassThree-vessel cardiac graft
- arrhythmiasAbnormal heart rhythms
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Care without penetrating body
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