Cardiothoracic surgery
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Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in the surgical treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax (the chest). Generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease) and lungs (lung disease).
Cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery are separate surgical specialties, but are frequently grouped together as cardiothoracic surgery (primarily in the United States). Cardiac surgery generally refers surgery of the heart and great vessels, and thoracic surgery generally refers to surgery of the chest other than the heart. A cardiothoracic surgeon will perform surgery within the realm of both cardiac and thoracic surgery.
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery
- The Virtual Textbook Of Extracorporeal Technology
- International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Yale: Introduction to Cardiothoracic Imaging
Surgeries/Surgical diseases of the aorta
Aortic aneurysm, Aortic dissection, Bentall procedure, David procedure, Marfan syndrome
Valvular Heart Disease
Aortic valve repair, Aortic valve replacement, Ross procedure, Mitral valve repair, Mitral valve replacement, Tricuspid valve repair, Tricuspid valve replacement
Surgeries/Surgical diseases of the myocardium
Coronary artery bypass surgery, Ischemic VSD, Maze procedure, Septal myectomy, Ventricular reduction
Heart transplantation
Ischemic cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Ventricular assist device
Congenital heart disease
Atrial septal defect, Ebstein's anomaly, Pulmonary stenosis, Tetralogy of Fallot, Transposition of the great arteries, Ventricular septal defect
Thoracic Surgeries / Surgical diseases of the thorax
Mediastinoscopy, Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), Lobectomy (e.g. for lung cancer), Bullectomy (for a bulla in emphysema), Lung transplantation, Vascular, Aortic aneurysm, Aortic dissection
