Cardiac surgery

Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels done by cardiac surgeons.

It is often done to help treat problems caused by ischemic heart disease to fixing a congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease,[1] and atherosclerosis.[2] It also includes heart transplantation.[3]

References

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  2. ↑ "Arteriosclerosis / atherosclerosis - Symptoms and causes". Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  3. ↑ Kilic A, Emani S, Sai-Sudhakar CB, Higgins RS, Whitson BA, et al. (2014). "Donor selection in heart transplantation". Journal of Thoracic Disease. 6 (8): 1097–1104. doi:10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.03.23. PMC 4133543. PMID 25132976.