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cardiothoracic surgeon
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Cardiothoracic surgery
Cardiothoracic surgery
is the field of
medicine
involved in
surgical
treatment of organs inside the
thorax
(the chest)—generally treatment of conditions of the
heart
(
heart disease
) and
lungs
(
lung disease
). Cardiac surgery (involving the
heart
and
great vessels
) and thoracic surgery (involving the
lungs
) are separate
surgical specialties
, except in the
USA
,
Australia
,
New Zealand
and in some
EU
countries, such as the
UK
and
Portugal
.
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