Medicine Atlas

How Healing Is Practiced
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Treatment

Cardiotomy

Surgical Procedure

A cardiotomy is a surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the heart. It can be used to provide suction during heart surgery.

Facts
Classification
Status
Standard of Care 1
Invasiveness
Surgical 2
Sources
1. Wikipedia
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation
  • Status: Standard of Care
2. Cardiotomy (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    A cardiotomy is a surgical procedure where an incision is made in the heart.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiotomy, lead section
    A cardiotomy is a surgical procedure where an incision is made in the heart.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.