How to Use open-heart in a Sentence

open-heart

adjective
  • Nanos needs open-heart surgery.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ben Lerner on open-heart surgery.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Ben Lerner on open-heart surgery.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Doctors rushed him into a six-hour open-heart surgery.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The 5 1/2-hour open-heart surgery was a success.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026
  • Erin would have a total of seven open-heart surgeries.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • People seem to have forgotten the kid had open-heart surgery last year.
    — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
  • About half need open-heart surgery during infancy.
    — Michelle Sie Whitten, STAT, 25 June 2026
  • At this point, my mother was preparing for her first open-heart surgery, which was a success.
    — Dr. Ashley Alker, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Like their older brothers, Larry and Michael each had open-heart surgery.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
  • That’s because last week my dad suffered the type of heart attack that one in three people die from and had open-heart surgery.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The heart-lung machine that has evolved over the years circulates and oxygenates blood during open-heart surgery.
    — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • Peter will soon undergo open-heart surgery and will take time to recover after.
    — Deanna Taylor, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Cantrell had both options explained to him by his care team, who recommended the open-heart option.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • In November, her husband had open-heart surgery to fix an aortic valve, Walsh said.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The traditional approach is to replace or repair the valve, which can require open-heart surgery.
    — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Adding to her feelings of detachment, her baby brother had open-heart surgery the following year.
    — USA Today, 7 June 2023
  • Rangnick's analysis that United needed open-heart surgery, not a quick fix, is seeming truer by the day.
    — Steve Price, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
  • 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 next day, Perrotto’s mother went into the hospital for open-heart surgery.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The 76-year-old also recently opened up about nearly dying after open-heart surgery.
    — Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The Beavers got a call from the nursing staff every hour updating them on their daughter’s progress during the open-heart surgery.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Toney said in an interview that his open-heart surgery in 2023 was a big driver in his decision to run again.
    — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Before the operation, Austin had to outline the risks of open-heart surgery to Bishop.
    — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • His 2-year-old daughter, Keira, has a heart defect and has undergone open-heart surgery, with more pending surgeries to come.
    — Hatzel Vela, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Greco had open-heart surgery that lasted five hours, WNYW reported.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024

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