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Cardiac surgery
Cardiovascular (heart) surgery
is
surgery
on the
heart
or
great vessels
performed by cardiac
surgeons
. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of
ischemic heart disease
(for example,
coronary artery bypass grafting
), correct
congenital heart disease
, or treat
valvular heart disease
from various causes including
endocarditis
,
rheumatic heart disease
and
atherosclerosis
. It also includes
heart transplantation
.
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