open-heart surgery

He imagined this was how it felt to be just coming out of open-heart surgery.

And at least ten percent of all patients died in open-heart surgery.

The other study patients received another treatment that did not require open-heart surgery.

I had open-heart surgery 10 years ago and I've got a bad knee.

Three years before her husband's death, he had open-heart surgery.

During the late 1970s, this medical center became known for achievements in open-heart surgery.

The other two were to change his medication and to have open-heart surgery.

The cause was a stroke after open-heart surgery, his family said.

If the hole did not close by age 3, her parents were told, she would need open-heart surgery.

Five hours of open-heart surgery will do that to you.