Heart surgery - Definition and Overview

Cardiac surgery is surgery on the heart, typically to correct congenital heart disease or the complications of ischaemic heart disease or valve problems caused by endocarditis.

The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. C. Walton Lillehei at the University of Minnesota on September 2, 1952.

External Links

Congenital Heart Disease Surgical Corrective Procedures (http://www.learningradiology.com/notes/cardiacnotes/surgicalcorrectivepage.htm) - A list from surgical procedures from LearningRadiology.com (http://www.learningradiology.com/index.htm)

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