Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax (the chest). Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via chirurgiae meaning "hand work" is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly The thorax is a division of an Animal 's body that lies between the head and the Abdomen. Generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease) and lungs (lung disease). The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic Heart disease is an Umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the Heart. lung is the essential Respiration organ in air-breathing Animals including most Tetrapods a few Fish and a few Snails The most primitive In Medicine, pulmonology (aka pneumology) is the specialty that deals with Diseases of the Lungs and the Respiratory tract.

Cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery are separate surgical specialties, but are frequently grouped together as cardiothoracic surgery (primarily in the United States). Cardiac surgery is Surgery on the Heart and/or Great vessels performed by a Cardiac surgeon. Thoracic surgery is the field of Medicine involved in the surgical treatment of Diseases affecting organs inside the Thorax (the chest excluding A specialty in Medicine is a branch of medical science other than General practice. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Cardiac surgery generally refers to surgery of the heart and great vessels, and thoracic surgery generally refers to surgery of the chest other than the heart. Great vessels is a term used to refer collectively to the primary Blood vessels, which include Vena cavae Superior vena cava A cardiothoracic surgeon will perform surgery within the realm of both cardiac and thoracic surgery. A cardiac surgeon is a Surgeon who performs Cardiac surgery - operative procedures on the Heart and Great vessels.

See also

• Cardiac surgery
• Thoracic surgery
• Cardiothoracic surgeon
• Cardiothoracic Surgery Network

External links

• Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
• American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery

Cardiac surgery is Surgery on the Heart and/or Great vessels performed by a Cardiac surgeon. Thoracic surgery is the field of Medicine involved in the surgical treatment of Diseases affecting organs inside the Thorax (the chest excluding A cardiac surgeon is a Surgeon who performs Cardiac surgery - operative procedures on the Heart and Great vessels. The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network ( CTS Net) is a worldwide organization with a mandate to be a source of educational and scientific research information for cardiothoracic

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