cardioplegicadj.
/ˌkɑːdɪə(ʊ)ˈpliːdʒɪk/, U.S. /ˌkɑrdioʊˈpli(d)ʒɪk/, /ˌkɑrdiəˈpli(d)ʒɪk/ Medicine and Surgery.
Resulting in or causing loss or severe impairment of the contractile activity of the heart. Also: of, relating to, or used in the surgical procedure of cardioplegia (cardioplegia n. 2).
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1882 London Med. Rec. 15 June 223/2 He [sc. Gubler] pointed out that digitalis..is powerless, or even injurious, in cardioplegic diseases.
1927 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Jan. Epitome 9/1 In the first [variety of myocardial infarction], which may be described as cardioplegic, the symptoms are those of asystole chiefly affecting the left side of the heart.
1956 Jrnl. Thoracic Surg. 32 604 He maintained coronary perfusion and immediately washed out or diluted the cardioplegic agent.
1980 Guardian 20 Feb. 14/3 Special cardioplegic chemicals, which freeze the hearts of donors, have given the surgeons a few crucial extra hours in which to work.
2003 N.Y. Mag. 17 Nov. 35/2 In a few minutes, the pump team applies cardioplegic solution (‘the plege’, they call it), arresting her heart, which sags into her chest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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