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Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
 involved in surgical
Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason....
 treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax
Thorax

The thorax is a division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.In mammals, the thorax is the region of the body formed by the sternum, the thoracic vertebrae and the ribs....
 (the chest). Generally treatment of conditions of the heart
Heart

The heart is a muscle organ in all vertebrates responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions, or a similar structure in annelids, mollusks, and arthropods....
 (heart disease
Heart disease

Heart disease is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone....
) and lung
Lung

The lung is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located in the chest on either side of the heart....
s (lung disease
Pulmonology

File:Lungs_open.jpgIn medicine, pulmonology is the specialty that deals with diseases of the lungs and the respiratory tract. It is called chest medicine and respiratory medicine in some countries and areas....
).








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Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine
Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
 involved in surgical
Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason....
 treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax
Thorax

The thorax is a division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.In mammals, the thorax is the region of the body formed by the sternum, the thoracic vertebrae and the ribs....
 (the chest). Generally treatment of conditions of the heart
Heart

The heart is a muscle organ in all vertebrates responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions, or a similar structure in annelids, mollusks, and arthropods....
 (heart disease
Heart disease

Heart disease is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone....
) and lung
Lung

The lung is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located in the chest on either side of the heart....
s (lung disease
Pulmonology

File:Lungs_open.jpgIn medicine, pulmonology is the specialty that deals with diseases of the lungs and the respiratory tract. It is called chest medicine and respiratory medicine in some countries and areas....
).

Cardiac / Thoracic

Cardiac surgery
Cardiac surgery

Cardiac surgery is surgery on the heart and/or great vessels performed by a cardiac surgeon. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease created by various causes including endocarditis....
 (involving the heart
Heart

The heart is a muscle organ in all vertebrates responsible for pumping blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions, or a similar structure in annelids, mollusks, and arthropods....
 and great vessels
Great vessels

Great vessels is a term used to refer collectively to the primary blood vessels, which include:*Vena cavae**Superior vena cava**Inferior vena cava...
) and thoracic surgery
Thoracic surgery

Thoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in the surgery treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax excluding the heart....
 (involving the lungs and any other thoracic organ) are separate surgical specialties, except in the USA, where they are frequently grouped together, so that a surgeon training in the cardiothoracic specialty will receive a broader but less specialized experience in both fields.

See also

  • Cardiac surgery
    Cardiac surgery

    Cardiac surgery is surgery on the heart and/or great vessels performed by a cardiac surgeon. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of ischemic heart disease , correct congenital heart disease, or treat valvular heart disease created by various causes including endocarditis....
  • Thoracic surgery
    Thoracic surgery

    Thoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in the surgery treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax excluding the heart....
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
    Cardiothoracic Surgery Network

    The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network is a worldwide organization with a mandate to be a source of educational and scientific research information for cardiothoracic surgeons....
  • Surgeons


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