How to Use open-heart in a Sentence
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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
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Meghan underwent open-heart surgery and a PDA stent, and was diagnosed with heart failure.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
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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
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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
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The next day, Perrotto’s mother went into the hospital for open-heart surgery.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2023
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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
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Adding to her feelings of detachment, her baby brother had open-heart surgery the following year.
—USA Today, 7 June 2023
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Peter will soon undergo open-heart surgery and will take time to recover after.
—Deanna Taylor, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
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The 76-year-old also recently opened up about nearly dying after open-heart surgery.
—Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
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His death at 79, from complications following open-heart surgery, was confirmed by his wife, Sharon Reynolds.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
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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
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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
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Medi-Cal covered Morton’s open-heart surgery and hospital stays, which lasted weeks.
—Angela Hart, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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Satterwhite needed open-heart surgery to survive the attack, prosecutors said in a statement.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2024
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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
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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
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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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Hsu was inspired to start his research on dialysis weaning by one of his previous patients, Marla Levy, who’d been on dialysis after three open-heart surgeries.
—Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 28 Sep. 2023
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On Monday, May 27, the late-night show host, 56, shared a photo of his son smiling in a hospital bed, revealing in his Instagram caption that Billy underwent another open-heart surgery over the weekend.
—Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
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Sarah-Allen Preston went through a two-year period of her most challenging personal experiences, including her 5-month-old son’s open-heart surgery and her divorce just over a year later.
—Lucy Ladis, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
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Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed that his third open-heart surgery was upended by some unexpected complications that nearly ended his life.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
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Now, physicians can use non-invasive procedures to accomplish goals that previously could be accomplished only in open-heart surgery.
—Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
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In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic and an unexpected open-heart surgery interrupted that cadence.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2024
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But two days before the surprise, Ms. Corrado’s father, Anthony Corrado, had a routine stent procedure that turned into emergency open-heart surgery.
—Robbie Spencer, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
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The result: Dorsey ended up going into the operating room at Hartford Hospital for a combined cesarean section and open-heart surgery to repair her aorta and replace her aortic valve, one surgery following the other.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2024
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Annually, over 2 million people undergo open-heart surgery to treat heart problems, including to implant devices that regulate heart rhythms and prevent heart attacks.
—Pengju Li, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2024
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Berlusconi’s health has markedly deteriorated in recent years, with open-heart surgery in 2016 and numerous hospital admissions since contracting Covid three years ago.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 June 2023
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