Glossary
- Cardiac surgery
- Alternative Terms: -
- off-pump surgery: procedure carried out on a beating heart, e.g. closure of a ductus arteriosus or placement of an aortopulmonary shunt
- open-heart surgery: cardiac surgery using a heart-lung machine
Author(s): Kinderherzstiftung, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Sticker, Hermine Nock
Reviewed by: Professor Dr Hedwig Hövels-Gürich
Last updated: 2009-04-28
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