Definition of "heart massage" []

• See cardiac massage. (noun)

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• "He went over toward the operating table where Blake was now work­ing the heart massage with one of the fresh nurses attending to res­piration and casting longing glances toward the mechanical lung apparatus; it couldn't be used in this case, since Jorgenson's chest had to be free for heart attention."