Cardiothoracic surgery

In medicine, the field of (cardio)thoracic surgery or cardiovascular surgery is involved in the surgical treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax, i.e. "the chest." In general it will mean conditions of the heart (cardiovascular disease) and lungs (lung disease).

Related Topics:
Medicine - Surgical - Diseases - Thorax - Heart - Cardiovascular disease - Lung - Lung disease

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A thoracic surgeon will be involved in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), Heart valve, lungvolume reduction, heart- and lungtransplantation, dysrhythmia and thoracic aortic dissection-operations.

Related Topics:
CABG - Heart valve - Dysrhythmia - Aortic dissection

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