coronary-care unit

[ kawr-uh-ner-ee kair, kor- ]

noun

1. a specialized hospital unit for the early care and treatment of heart-attack patients. : CCU

Example Sentences

Byrd took 393 patients in the coronary-care unit and randomly assigned half to be prayed for by born-again Christians.

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Alert and exuberant, Schroeder spent some of his time last week reading newspapers, listening to tapes of Country Singer Ricky Skaggs and joshing with family, friends and visitors he had called in from the halls of the coronary-care unit.

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"Here I have my opportunities," says Charuzi, now head of the coronary-care unit at Los Angeles' Mount Sinai Hospital.

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