About Cardiac Surgeon
A cardiovascular surgeon is specialized in the diseases, conditions, and disorders of the heart using medical and surgical treatment procedures. Cardiac Surgeons works in conjunction with a multidisciplinary healthcare team while working on any case. This team comprises the care physician on the care, cardiologist, nurses among other healthcare professionals.
When should you visit a Cardiac Surgeon?
Your physician might recommend you to visit a cardiac surgeon if you experience any of the below symptoms on a frequent or regular basis:
- Heart Pain
- High Total Cholesterol
- High Blood Pressure
What are the conditions/ diseases/ disorders a Cardiac Surgeon treats?
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Lung Canceresophageal
- Canceratrial Septal Defects
- Ventricular Septal Defects
- Tetralogy of Fallot
A cardiac or cardiovascular surgeon could treat:
- Heart failure
- Atrial fibrillation
- Blockages in the heart valve(s)
- Leaking heart valve(s)
- Coronary artery disease or blockages of the arteries in the heart
- Abnormal enlargement or aneurysms of the large arteries in the chest
Procedures Performed
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Heart valve surgery
- Aortic surgery
- Septal defects (a hole between two of the heart’s chambers)
- Aortic and pulmonary valve stenosis (where the valve is narrower than normal)
- Transposition of the arteries
- Surgery to repair or replace aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections
- Arrhythmia surgery
- Congenital heart surgery
- Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
- Heart transplant
- Left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
- Left ventricular remodeling/surgical ventricular restoration
- Myectomy/myotomy
- Transmyocardial revascularization (TMR)
- Valvular surgery
