How to Use open-heart in a Sentence

open-heart

adjective
Definition of open-heartnext
  • People seem to have forgotten the kid had open-heart surgery last year.
    — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
  • The death, in a hospital, was confirmed by his son Michael Reynolds, who said the cause was complications of open-heart surgery.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 24 July 2023
  • Meghan underwent open-heart surgery and a PDA stent, and was diagnosed with heart failure.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Born with a heart defect, Jones underwent a six-hour, open-heart surgery to repair a leaky valve in February.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
  • In January, my husband, Chuck, underwent roughly four hours of open-heart surgery to fix a leaky valve and clogged artery.
    — Beth Decarbo, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The next day, Perrotto’s mother went into the hospital for open-heart surgery.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Just two weeks after his son was born, Kimmel revealed that his son had undergone open-heart surgery at just 3 days old.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The traditional approach is to replace or repair the valve, which can require open-heart surgery.
    — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Greco had open-heart surgery that lasted five hours, WNYW reported.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024
  • Adding to her feelings of detachment, her baby brother had open-heart surgery the following year.
    — USA Today, 7 June 2023
  • Peter will soon undergo open-heart surgery and will take time to recover after.
    — Deanna Taylor, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The 76-year-old also recently opened up about nearly dying after open-heart surgery.
    — Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
  • His death at 79, from complications following open-heart surgery, was confirmed by his wife, Sharon Reynolds.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
  • Jagger had his first open-heart surgery in June 2023, and a second in July, when surgeons performed a biventricular repair on his heart.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The pandemic had isolated her from her support system, her brother-in-law died, her long-term partner moved out, and her mother had open-heart surgery.
    — Cheryl Platzman Weinstock, CBS News, 10 July 2023
  • Medi-Cal covered Morton’s open-heart surgery and hospital stays, which lasted weeks.
    — Angela Hart, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • About two months after undergoing open-heart surgery, Sara England's infant son, Amari Vaca, was sick and struggling to breathe.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Bret took to social media to share the image side-by-side with another photo of Paul — this one as a baby, following his first open-heart surgery 16 years ago at the same hospital.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
  • It is used for long-term correction of a too-slow heartbeat (arrhythmia) or temporarily, such as after open-heart surgery.
    — Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Beginning in 2020, Amy Grant has endured a harrowing list of health issues, including open-heart surgery, a brain injury, throat surgery and shoulder surgery.
    — Nancy Kruh, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • In January of 2021, Lundqvist successfully underwent a six-hour open-heart surgery at the Cleveland Clinic.
    — Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • It is usually performed if someone is already having open-heart surgery and will require a hospital stay.
    — Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Jimmy Kimmel is sharing a health update after seven-year-old son Billy underwent a third open-heart surgery.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 July 2024
  • Satterwhite needed open-heart surgery to survive the attack, prosecutors said in a statement.
    — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • In a May Instagram post, Kimmel confirmed that Billy had completed his third — and hopefully final — open-heart surgery, which saw a surgeon insert a new valve in his heart.
    — EW.com, 9 July 2024
  • The procedure offers an alternative to connecting the patient to a heart-lung machine and repairing or replacing the mitral valve in open-heart surgery.
    — Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
  • Founder Krystal Flores, based in L.A., initially picked up candle-making as a hobby while caring for her son during his open-heart surgery recovery.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Sarkisian opened up this week in an interview with Yahoo Sports about the open-heart procedure that was the result of a preseason physical Saban requires all assistants to take.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Kimmel has been a public advocate of the Affordable Care Act, passed during the Obama administration, after his newborn son had open-heart surgery in 2017.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 June 2024
  • After a run of serious health issues, which culminated in open-heart surgery at year’s end, Jimmy Barnes has made another classic comeback.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024

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