heart surgeons
Chest cavity specialists
Heart surgeons are physicians who perform operations on the heart—repairing valves, bypassing blocked arteries, transplanting organs.
The term is informal; the medical specialty is cardiac surgery, and its practitioners are cardiac surgeons or cardiothoracic surgeons.
The heart surgeon said the bypass went smoothly.
- scrubbing inSurgical hand sterilization ritual
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
- transplantsSurgical tissue transfers
- cardiologistPhysician treating cardiovascular conditions
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
aortic · coronary · steady hands · stents · sternotomy · valve replacement · CABG · ventricular · arrhythmia · valvular · cardiac · chest cavity · angioplasty · murmur · coronary artery disease · electrophysiology · defibrillator · endocarditis
- heart specialistscardiologists, cardiologist, electrophysiologist
heart surgeonsgeneral practitioners
Non-specialist community physicians
family doctors · GPs · country doctors · generalists · internists
heart surgeonsorderlies
Hospital support staff
nursing aides · medical assistants · candy stripers · phlebotomists · medical students
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