Cardiothoracic surgery 598741 221885371 2008-06-26T15:01:08Z Brainmachine 7100464 + mk interwiki '''Cardiothoracic surgery''' is the field of [[medicine]] involved in [[surgery|surgical]] treatment of [[diseases]] affecting organs inside the [[thorax]] (the chest). Generally treatment of conditions of the [[heart]] ([[heart disease]]) and [[lung]]s ([[pulmonology|lung disease]]). [[Cardiac surgery]] and [[thoracic surgery]] are separate [[surgical specialties]], but are frequently grouped together as cardiothoracic surgery (primarily in the [[United States]]). 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. A [[cardiothoracic surgeon]] will perform surgery within the realm of both cardiac and thoracic surgery. ==See also== * [[Cardiac surgery]] * [[Thoracic surgery]] * [[Cardiothoracic surgeon]] * [[Cardiothoracic Surgery Network]] ==External links== *[http://www.ctsnet.org Cardiothoracic Surgery Network] *[http://www.aats.org American Association for Thoracic Surgery] *[http://www.ismics.org/ International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery] {{Cardiac surgery}} {{Thoracic surgery}} [[Category:Surgical specialties]] [[Category:Cardiac surgery]] <!-- redundant with use of template (category is part of the template)--> [[Category:Thoracic surgery]] <!-- redundant with use of template (category is part of the template)--> [[de:Herzchirurgie]] [[fr:Chirurgie cardiothoracique]] [[he:כירורגיית לב-חזה]] [[ko:흉부외과]] [[mk:Кардиоторакална хирургија]] [[nl:Thoraxchirurgie]] [[new:कार्डियोथोर्‍यासिक सर्जरी]] [[ja:胸部外科学]] [[pl:Kardiochirurgia]] [[pt:Cirurgia cardiovascular]] [[ru:Коронарное шунтирование]]