Cardiothoracic surgeons specialize in cardiac surgery (involving the heart and great vessels) and thoracic surgery (involving the lungs and other organs of the thorax).    Below are listed the common conditions treated by cardiothoracic surgeons.

For more detailed descriptions of these conditions, you may look out for them in our Health Guide.

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Types of Surgery Performed by Cardiothoracic Surgeons Include

Cardiac Surgery:

• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) for coronary artery disease

• Correction of Congenital Heart Conditions (eg. ventricular septal defect (VSD), atrial septal defect (ASD))

• Surgery/Replacement of Heart Valve Defects/Disease (aortic valve repair, aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, mitral valve replacement, Ross procedure, pulmonary valve repair, pulmonary valve replacement)

• Cardiomyoplasty, septal myectomy, ventricular reduction procudures, balloon septostomy

• Heart Transplantation

• Pacemaker Insertion, Catheter Ablation

• Pericardiocentesis, Pericardiectomy, Pericardial Window

Great Vessel and Thoracic Surgery:

• Aneurysm Repair Surgery

• Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy

• Mediastinoscopy

• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)

• Lobectomy eg. for lung cancer

• Lung Transplantation

• Bullectomy (removal of bullae in emphysema)

Others:

• Endovascular vein/radial artery harvesting surgery

• Varicose vein surgery