Usually means: Surgical removal of the heart.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (cardiectomy)

noun:  (medicine) The surgical removal of the cardia (the part of the esophagus that connects to the stomach).
noun:  (medicine) The surgical removal of the heart, either in transplantation or in autopsy.

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