Cardiac surgery
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cardiac-surgery-168-1692973
title:
Cardiac surgery
text:
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; to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, and atherosclerosis. It also includes heart transplantation.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of surgery performed on the heart
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_surgery
date created:
2004-07-11T02:29:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T22:49:54Z
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