- cryocardioplegia
- cryo·car·dio·ple·gia (kri″o-kahr″de-o-pleґjə) [cryo- + cardioplegia] cessation of contraction of the myocardium produced by cooling the heart during cardiac surgery.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
cryocardioplegia
Look at other dictionaries:
cryocardioplegia — noun Using coldness to paralyze the heart … Wiktionary
Jatene procedure — Intervention ICD 9 CM 35.84 The Jatene procedure, or arterial switch, is an open heart surgical procedure used to correct dextro transposition of the great arteries (d TGA); its development was … Wikipedia
cardioplegia — 1. Paralysis of the heart. 2. An elective stopping of cardiac activity temporarily by injection of chemicals, selective hypothermia, or electrical stimuli. [cardio + G. plege, stroke] antegrade c. c. effected by delivery of solutions through the… … Medical dictionary
