When you miss cardiac surgery...

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  1. 2. The first name of the future cardiac surgeon who just smashed their cardiac surgery eval (9 letters)
  2. 5. Surgical removal of plaque from the inner lining of an artery to restore normal blood flow (13 letters)
  3. 6. Procedure to repair a stenotic heart valve using a balloon catheter (13 letters)
  4. 11. Surgical procedure to repair or reshape the ring (annulus) of a heart valve (11 letters)
  5. 15. Necrosis of myocardial tissue due to ischemia, commonly referred to as a heart attack (11 letters)
  6. 16. Surgical incision into the chest wall to gain access to the thoracic organs (11 letters)
  7. 17. Surgical connection between two blood vessels or other tubular structures (11 letters)
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  1. 1. Induced cardiac arrest using a cold solution to protect the myocardium during surgery (12 letters)
  2. 3. Pathological narrowing of a cardiac valve or blood vessel, impairing blood flow (8 letters)
  3. 4. The process of stopping bleeding or hemorrhage during surgery (10 letters)
  4. 7. Mesh tube inserted into a blood vessel to keep it open and ensure blood flow (5 letters)
  5. 8. Device implanted to regulate heart rate in patients with symptomatic bradycardia (9 letters)
  6. 9. Upper chamber of the heart that receives blood returning from the body and lungs (6 letters)
  7. 10. Combined replacement of the aortic valve, aortic root, and ascending aorta (7 letters)
  8. 12. Catheter-based technique used to remove or destroy abnormal heart tissue causing arrhythmia (8 letters)
  9. 13. Complex that is a rare congenital malformation with four obstructive lesions of the left heart: supravalvular mitral membrane, parachute mitral valve, muscular or membranous subvalvular aortic stenosis and coarctation of aorta (5 letters)
  10. 14. Chosen procedure for correcting multiple vessel occlusions in the setting of a STEMI (4 letters)
  11. 18. Surgical procedure for replacing a diseased aortic valve with a prosthetic valve (4 letters)