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Cardiac Surgery is surgery on the heart and/or great vessels performed by a cardiac surgeon. Frequently, it is done to treat complications of Ischemic heart disease ,or to correct Congenital heart disease, or to treat Valvular heart disease created by various causes including Endocarditis. It also includes heart transplantation.
There are many cardiac surgeries done on a patient,but the following are some of the important surgeries -
1.Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
(CABG)
2.Coronary Angioplasty
3.Heart Transplant
4.Heart Valve Replacement
5.Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD)
6.Carotid Artery Endarterectomy
7.Pacemaker Insertion
8.Aortic Valve Replacement
9.Percutaneous Balloon Valvuloplasty
10.Mitral Valve Replacement
11.Coronary Stenting
12.Atherectomy/Angioplasty of Noncoronary Vessel
13.Aneurysmectomy
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