The cardiothoracic surgery is a department of medicine that involves the surgical treatment of organs inside the chest i.e. also called as Thorax. A person who opts to get specialized in this department has to go 4 to 6 years of typical training to become a qualified surgeon. A cardiac surgeon may further take specializations in pediatric cardiac surgery, cardiac transplantation, adult acquired heart disease, weak hheart issues and few others. The fellowship in this department is highly competitive.
The treatment for below cardiovascular diseases is available at Amedha Hospitals hospitals:
- Angina
- Atherosclerosis
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Heart Attack
- Stroke
- High Blood Pressure
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Varicose Veins
The number of cardiac surgeries is increasing in new born in recent times. All these cardiac surgeries for new born heart related problems are included in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. These new born heart surgeries mainly involve these following surgeries like Congenital heart diseases surgery, closed heart surgeries such as PDS Interruption and Coarctation Repair, open heart surgeries such as atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect closure, minimally invasive heart surgery, pacemakers, neonatal surgery.