cardioplegia

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 coronary arteries.
- retrograde c. c. effected by delivery of solutions via the coronary veins.

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car·dio·ple·gia .kärd-ē-ō-'plē-j(ē-)ə n temporary cardiac arrest induced (as by drugs) during heart surgery
car·dio·ple·gic -jik adj

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n.
a technique in which the heart is stopped by injecting it with a solution of salts, by hypothermia, or by an electrical stimulus. This has enabled complex cardiac surgery and transplants to be performed safely.

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car·dio·ple·gia (kahr″de-o-pleґjə) [cardio-(1) + Gr. plēgē stroke + -ia] arrest of contraction of the myocardium, as may be induced by the use of chemical compounds or of cold (cryocardioplegia) in the performance of surgery upon the heart. cardioplegic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • cardioplegia — n. stopping of the heart (for surgical purposes) …   English contemporary dictionary

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