Sentences with phrase «surgeons opened his chest»
When surgeons opened his chest, they discovered that an infection had destroyed his sternum, and his chest cavity was filled with blood and pus.
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TAVR is a procedure in which a surgeon threads a replacement valve to the heart mounted on a long, thin tube called a catheter that is placed in the groin or chest, avoiding open - heart surgery.
Heart surgeon Ralph Damiano's hands move with practiced precision as he prepares to open the chest of 62 - year - old David Jones for a double - bypass operation.
Although a few surgeons have performed closed - chest bypasses using a heart - lung machine, and others have performed open - heart surgery without a heart - lung machine, Boyd was the first to put the whole package together, using the Zeus system.
«Up until now, there was no question that if the patient's heart stopped, the surgeon was cracking open the chest and going in.