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  2. Cardiothoracic surgery - Wikipedia

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    A cardiac surgery residency typically comprises anywhere from four to six years (or longer) of training to become a fully qualified surgeon. [2] Cardiac surgery training may be combined with thoracic surgery and/or vascular surgery and called cardiovascular (CV) / cardiothoracic (CT) / cardiovascular thoracic (CVT) surgery. Cardiac surgeons may ...

  3. Cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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    Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons.It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, [1] and ...

  4. Pulmonology - Wikipedia

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    Surgery of the respiratory tract is generally performed by specialists in cardiothoracic surgery [9] (or thoracic surgery), [10] though minor procedures may be performed by pulmonologists. Pulmonology is closely related to critical care medicine [ 11 ] when dealing with patients who require mechanical ventilation.

  5. Cardiothoracic anesthesiology - Wikipedia

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    Fellows are trained to provide perioperative anesthetic management for patients with severe cardiopulmonary pathology. Some of the cardiac surgeries they train for include the following: coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) both on cardiopulmonary bypass as well as on a beating heart, heart valve surgery, aortic reconstruction requiring deep hypothermic arrest, mechanical ventricular assist ...

  6. Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Wikipedia

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    The STS National Database was established in 1989 as an initiative for quality improvement and patient safety among cardiothoracic surgeons. The Database has four components—the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD), the General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD), the Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD), and the Intermacs Database—and now houses more than 7.5 million surgical records.

  7. Lung surgery - Wikipedia

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    Lung surgery is a type of thoracic surgery involving the repair or removal of lung tissue, [1] and can be used to treat a variety of conditions ranging from lung cancer to pulmonary hypertension. Common operations include anatomic and nonanatomic resections, pleurodesis and lung transplants .

  8. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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    The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery published a study on November 1, 2013, that confirmed MICS CABG as safe, feasible, and associated with excellent graft patency rates at 6 months post surgery, with graft patency of 92% for all grafts and 100% for left internal thoracic artery grafts.

  9. Category:Thoracic surgery - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Thoracic surgery" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Cardiothoracic surgery; E. European Association for Cardio ...